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Kalmyk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Written Oirat ᠊ᡋᠠ (-ba) and ᠊ᡋᡄ (-be). Compare Mongolian -в (-v); Buryat -ба (-ba), -бо (-bo), -бэ (-be); etc.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-в • (-v)
- Used to form the perfect preterite tense of a verb.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Written Oirat ᡋᡅ (bi). Doublet of би (bi, “I”, first-person singular subject pronoun). Compare also Buryat -б (-b, after a vowel including a hidden epenthesis) and -би (-bi, after a consonant).
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-в • (-v)
- Used to form a first-person singular predicative from words of various parts of speech, meaning ‘I am …’ or ‘I …’
- Хальмгв. ― Xalʹmgv. ― I am a Kalmyk.
- (Can we date this quote?), “Ээҗин дун”:
- Киитнл булгиннь уснаснь / Киилгән уһаһад суулав
- Kiitnl bulginnʹ usnasnʹ / Kiilgän uğağad suulav
- From the water of a cold spring / I sat down after washing clothes
See also[edit]
Mongolian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Classical Mongolian ᠊ᠪᠡ (-be) and ᠊ᠪᠠ (-ba), from Middle Mongol ᠊ᠪᠡ m sg (-be) and ᠊ᠪᠠ m sg (-ba).
Suffix[edit]
-в • (-v)
- The terminative suffix, describing past events with no clear aspectual meaning
Usage notes[edit]
- Mostly used in questions about recent past
See also[edit]
Categories:
- Kalmyk terms inherited from Written Oirat
- Kalmyk terms derived from Written Oirat
- Kalmyk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Kalmyk lemmas
- Kalmyk suffixes
- Kalmyk terms with usage examples
- Kalmyk terms with quotations
- 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 lemmas
- Mongolian suffixes
- Mongolian indicative suffixes