Mongolian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *kona-. Possibly borrowed from a pre-Proto-Turkic form of Proto-Turkic *kon- (to visit, spend the night) with a stem-final vowel. Compare Kazakh қону (qonu)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xɔnɔx/, [χɔnə̆χ]

Verb

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хонох (xonox) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠣᠨᠤᠬᠤ (qonuqu))

  1. To stay the night
  2. To stay over

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