мөңге
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Tuvan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reborrowing from Mongolian мөнх (mönx), from Proto-Turkic *beŋkü (“eternal”). Cognate with Khakas мӧге, Yakut мэҥэ (meñe), Turkish bengi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
мөңге • (möñge)
- eternal, everlasting, perpetual
- 2011, “Мен — тыва мен”:
- Мен — тыва мен, / Мөңге харлыг дагның оглу мен.
- Men — tıva men, / Möñge xarlıg dagnıñ oglu men.
- I am a Tuvan, / I'm the son of the mountains capped with perpetual snow.