руу

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ (-uruɣu)	руу (ruu)

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian  ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ (-uruɣu), from Middle Mongolian [Term?]. Cognate with Buryat руу (ruu); Kalmyk -ур (-ur), -һур (-ḥur), -гур (-gur). Doublet of уруу (uruu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrʊː/
• Syllabification: руу (1 syllable)

Suffix

руу • (ruu)

1. Marks the directive case after a stem ending in any vowel or consonant except р (r).

   Alternative form: луу (luu)

   Synonym: -аад (-aad)

Usage notes

• 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

Vowel harmonic forms of руу 

back vowel	front vowel
руу ruu	рүү rüü