Buryat

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɔ.ɢœ͡ɛ/, [mɔ.ʁœ͡ɛ]
  • Hyphenation: мо‧гой

Noun

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могой (mogoj) (??? please provide spelling!)

  1. a snake

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠮᠣᠭᠠᠢ
(moɣai)
могой
(mogoj)

Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *mogaï. Compare Dongxiang mogvei and Khitan 𘰗𘭞𘯶 (*mu ho o).

Probably related to Proto-Tungusic *muiki and Proto-Turkic *böke. Compare Nanai муйки (mujki) and Yakut моҕой (moğoy). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

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Noun

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могой (mogoj)

  1. snake
    Synonym: (euphemistic) хайрхан (xajrxan)

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