манай
Buryat edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mongolic *banu (“our”, possessive of *ba). Cognate with Kalmyk мана (mana), Mongolian манай (manaj), etc.
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
манай • (manaj)
- suppletive possessive of бидэ (bide, “we”, first-person plural pronoun): our
Derived terms edit
Mongolian edit
Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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ᠮᠠᠨ ᠤ (man-u) | манай (manaj) |
Etymology edit
From Classical Mongolian ᠮᠠᠨ ᠤ (man-u), from Middle Mongol ᠮᠠᠨᠤ (manu), from Proto-Mongolic *b-a-n-u. Cognate with Buryat манай (manaj), Kalmyk мана (mana), etc.
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
манай • (manaj)
Derived terms edit
- манайх (manajx, “ours”, first-person plural possessive pronoun)
Related terms edit
- маань (maanʹ, first-person plural possessive particle)