өнгө
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *öŋge from Proto-Turkic *öŋ.
Compare Dongxiang ungie (“face, countenance, color”), Daur unggw (“color, facial expression”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (öŋ, “color”), Kazakh өң (öñ, “face, shape, color”).
The lust sense is derived after Chinese 色 (sè).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɵŋk/
- Syllabification: өн‧гө (2 syllables)
Noun
өнгө • (öngö) (Mongolian spelling ᠥᠩᠭᠡ (öngge)); (hidden-n declension)
- color
- outside, exterior
- appearance, look
- Synonym: үзэмж (üzemž)
- countenance, complexion (appearance of the face)
- (figuratively) character, quality
- (Music) timbre
- (figuratively) lust, debauchery
See also
цагаан (cagaan) | саарал (saaral) | хар (xar) |
улаан (ulaan); хүрэн улаан (xüren ulaan) | улбар шар (ulbar šar); бор (bor), хүрэн (xüren) | шар (šar); хул (xul), цайвар шар (cajvar šar) |
цайвар ногоон (cajvar nogoon) | ногоон (nogoon) | |
цэнхэр (cenxer); номин ногоон (nomin nogoon) | номин (nomin) | хөх (xöx) |
нил (nil); индиго (indigo) | улаан ягаан (ulaan jagaan); час улаан (čas ulaan) | ягаан (jagaan) |
Categories:
- Mongolian terms inherited from Proto-Mongolic
- Mongolian terms derived from Proto-Mongolic
- Mongolian terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Mongolian semantic loans from Chinese
- Mongolian terms derived from Chinese
- Mongolian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Mongolian lemmas
- Mongolian nouns
- Mongolian 2-syllable words
- Mongolian hidden-n declension nouns