хүннү

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠾᠦᠩᠨᠦ (hüngnü)	хүннү (xünnü)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ху́нну (xúnnu, “Xiongnu”), from Mandarin 匈奴 (Xiōngnú, “Xiongnu”) under the influence of Latin Hunnī m pl (“Huns”).

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Particularly: “Orginal spelling of Mandarin transliteration hiüŋnü^[1] in ᠨᠡᠪᠲᠡᠷᠬᠡᠢ
ᠲᠣᠯᠢ (nebterkei toli) required.”

Pronunciation

(Khalkha) IPA^(key): [xuˑn.nuˑ]
Hyphenation: хүн‧нү

Noun

хүннү • (xünnü)

Xiongnu (ancient nomadic people)
Xiongnu (person)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

^ Makoto Tachibana (2012 December 15) “モンゴルの国史編纂と翻訳事業”, in 中央ユーラシア歴史文化研究所第二回研究会, Tokyo

Tuvan

Pronunciation

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Hyphenation: хүн‧нү

Noun

хүннү • (xünnü)

definite accusative of хүн (xün, “sun”)

[1] Makoto Tachibana (2012 December 15) “モンゴルの国史編纂と翻訳事業”, in 中央ユーラシア歴史文化研究所第二回研究会, Tokyo

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