руу
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Mongolian[edit]
Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ (-uruɣu) | руу (ruu) |
Etymology[edit]
From Classical Mongolian ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ (-uruɣu), from Middle Mongol [Term?]. Cognate with Buryat руу (ruu); Kalmyk -ур (-ur), -һур (-ğur), -гур (-gur). Doublet of уруу (uruu).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈrʊː/
- Syllabification: руу (1 syllable)
Suffix[edit]
руу • (ruu)
- Marks the directive case after a stem ending in any vowel or consonant except р (r).
Usage notes[edit]
- Due to its recent development as a grammatical case, directive case suffixes are written with a space between the stem and suffix.
- Generally equivalent to the English term down to when used in reference to a location, as in "I'm going down to the shop".
Inflection[edit]
Vowel harmonic forms of руу
back vowel | front vowel |
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руу ruu | рүү rüü |
Categories:
- Mongolian terms inherited from Classical Mongolian
- Mongolian terms derived from Classical Mongolian
- Mongolian terms inherited from Middle Mongol
- Mongolian terms derived from Middle Mongol
- Mongolian doublets
- Mongolian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Mongolian lemmas
- Mongolian suffixes
- Mongolian directive suffixes
- Mongolian 1-syllable words
- Mongolian vowel harmonic lemmas