моортай
Tuvan
editEtymology
editFrom Mongolic *muur (“onomatopoeia for purring”) + -тай (-tay, “adjectival suffix”), literally "purring (animal)". Cognate to Mongolian муур (muur), Dukhan муурдай.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editмоортай • (moortay) (definite accusative моортайны, plural моортайлар)
Synonyms
edit- диис (diis)
References
editTatarincev, B. I. (2000–2008) “моортай”, in Monguš D. A., editor, Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tuvinskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Tuvan Language] (in Russian), Novosibirsk: Nauka