уга
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "uga"
Kalmyk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Written Oirat ᡉᡎᡄᡅ (ügei). Cognate with Mongolian үгүй (ügüj). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]уга • (uga) (Clear script spelling ᡉᡎᡄᡅ (ügei))
Suffix
[edit]уга • (uga)
- Used to negate verbs.
- (after past participle) Marks the past negative, wasn't
- (after future participle) Marks the future negative, won't
- (after future participle) Negates the statment, doesn't
- Synonym: биш (biş)
- (after habitual participle) Marks the habitual negative, usually doesn't
- (after modal converb) without doing something
- Marks rhetoricity, isn't it
- Танд ачнр-зеенр дала болхгов? ― Tand açnr-zeenr dala bolxgov? ― You have a lot of nephews, don't you?
Usage notes
[edit]The word is often written as a suffix, -го. Note that the future participle suffix -х changes to -ш in all cases except when уга marks rhetoricity.
Noun
[edit]уга • (uga)
Adjective
[edit]уга • (uga)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Muniev, B. D. (1977) “уга”, in Калмыцко-русский словарь [Kalmyk–Russian dictionary], Moscow: Издательство "Русский язык", page 526