руу
Mongolian edit
Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ (-uruɣu) | руу (ruu) |
Etymology edit
From Classical Mongolian ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ (-uruɣu), from Middle Mongol [Term?]. Cognate with Buryat руу (ruu); Kalmyk -ур (-ur), -һур (-ğur), -гур (-gur). Doublet of уруу (uruu).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈrʊː/
- Syllabification: руу (1 syllable)
Suffix edit
руу • (ruu)
- Marks the directive case after a stem ending in any vowel or consonant except р (r).
Usage notes edit
- Due to its recent development as a grammatical case, directive case suffixes are written with a space between the stem and suffix.
- Generally equivalent to the English term down to when used in reference to a location, as in "I'm going down to the shop".
Inflection edit
Vowel harmonic forms of руу
back vowel | front vowel |
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руу ruu | рүү rüü |