мэт

See also: Appendix:Variations of "met"

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *metü, compare Dongxiang mutu.

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /mitʰ/, [miʰt]

Conjunction

мэт • (met) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠡᠲᠦ (metü))

1. (after nominative, oblique or genitive cases) as, like
2. as if, seemingly

Synonyms

• шиг (šig), адил (adil)

Southern Yukaghir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmet]
• Rhymes: -et
• Hyphenation: мэт

Etymology 1

From Proto-Yukaghir *mət. Cognates include Northern Yukaghir мэт (met).

Pronoun

мэт (met) (possessive determiner мэт, possessive pronoun мэтльэ, emphatic pronoun мэтидиэ)

1. I

Derived terms

Declension of мэт

		Singular	Plural
nominative		мэт (met)	мит (mit)
predicative		мэтэк (metek)	митэк (mitek)
accusative (I)		мэтул (metul)	митул (mitul)
accusative (II)		мэткэлэ (metkele)	миткэлэ (mitkele)
instrumental		мэтин (metin)	митин (mitin)
dative		мэтлэ (metle)	митлэ (mitle)
locative		мэткэ (metke)	миткэ (mitke)
ablative		мэткэт (metket)	миткэт (mitket)
prolative		мэткэн (metken)	миткэн (mitken)
comitative		мэтньэ (metnʹe)	митньэ (mitnʹe)

See also

Southern Yukaghir personal pronouns

		First	Second	Third
singular		мэт (met)	тэт (tet)	тудэл (tudel)
plural		мит (mit)	тит (tit)	титтэл (tittel)

Determiner

мэт (met)

1. my

See also

Southern Yukaghir possessives

		First	Second	Third
determiner	singular	мэт (met)	тэт (tet)	тудэ (tude)
	plural	мит (mit)	тит (tit)	титтэ (titte)
pronoun	singular	мэтльэ (metlʹe)	тэтльэ (tetlʹe)	тудэльэ (tudelʹe)
	plural	митльэ (mitlʹe)	титльэ (titlʹe)	титтэльэ (tittelʹe)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Particle

мэт (met)

1. affirmative form of от (ot)

References

• I. A. Nikolaeva, V. G. Shalugin (2002) Словарь Юкагирско-русский и русско-юкагирский (Верхнеколымский диалект) [Yukaghir-Russian and Russian-Yukaghir dictionary (Upper Kolyma dialect)], Saint Petersburg: Дрофа, →ISBN, page 46
• Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 549