-уур

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Mongolian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

MongolianCyrillic
᠊ᠭᠤᠷ
(-ɣur)
-уур
(-uur)

From Proto-Mongolic *-xur from earlier *-pur as evidenced by Evenki cognates [1]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • -уул (-uul) (after stems containing r)

Suffix[edit]

-уур (-uur)

  1. Forms instrument nouns from verbs.
Inflection[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]

MongolianCyrillic
᠊ᠭᠤᠷ
(-ɣur)
-уур
(-uur)

Similar in shape and meaning to the instrumental case -аар (-aar) suffix. Not present in Classical Mongolian.

Suffix[edit]

-уур (-uur)

  1. Uses spatial roots to form adverbs denoting approximate location or movement along the side.
Inflection[edit]
See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nicholas Poppe (1960) “On some Mongolian loan words in Evenki”, in Central Asiatic Studies, volume V, number 4