үе
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ye"
Mongolian edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈuj/
- Syllabification: ү‧е (2 syllables)
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Mongolic *üye (“joint”), compare Dongxiang uye.
Noun edit
үе • (üje) (Mongolian spelling ᠦᠶᠡ (üy-e))
See also edit
- нугас (nugas, “hinge, joint”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Mongolic *üye (“generation”), perhaps the same word as the etymology above, compare Bashkir быуын (bıwın) or Russian поколе́ние (pokolénije) for similar evolutions of sense.
Noun edit
үе • (üje) (Mongolian spelling ᠦᠶᠡ (üy-e))
- generation
- period
- Synonym: хугацаа (xugacaa)
- age (a period in history)
- layer, stratum
- Synonym: зурвас (zurvas)