-уур

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Mongolian

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Etymology 1

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

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

Alternative forms

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

Suffix

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-уур (-uur)

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

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

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

Suffix

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-уур (-uur)

  1. Uses spatial roots to form adverbs denoting approximate location or movement along the side.
Inflection
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References

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