Buryat

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Etymology

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Compare Kalmyk (-v) and Mongolian би (bi).

Suffix

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-би (-bi)

  1. First-person singular predicative suffix, used after a consonant.
    Би буряадби.Bi burjaadbi.I’m a Buryat.
    Украинада түрэһэмби.Ukrainada türehembi.I was born in Ukraine.
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  • (-b, first-person singular predicative suffix used after a vowel)
  • би (bi, I, first-person singular subject pronoun)