Buryat edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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

  1. a snake

Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms edit

Mongolian edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠮᠣᠭᠠᠢ
(moɣai)
могой
(mogoj)

Etymology edit

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?)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

могой (mogoj)

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

Declension edit

Derived terms edit