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-уур
-уур
Mongolian
Alternative forms
- -уул (-uul) (by dissimilation after stems containing r)
Suffix
-уур • (-uur) (Mongolian spelling ᠭᠤᠷ) (complying with vowel harmony)
- forms instrument nouns out of verbs
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Mongolian_words_suffixed_with_-%D1%83%D1%83%D1%80'>Mongolian words suffixed with -уур</a>
See also
- -уурь (-uurʹ) (superficially similar suffix)
- -уул (-uul) (creates names of occupations, not to be confused with the dissimilated form of this suffix)
Etymology 2
Similar in shape and meaning to the instrumental case -аар (-aar) suffix. Not present in Classical Mongolian.
Suffix
-уур • (-uur) (Mongolian spelling ᠭᠤᠷ) (complying with vowel harmony)
- Uses spatial roots to form adverbs denoting approximate location or movement along the side.
See also
References
- ↑ Nicholas Poppe (1960), “On some Mongolian loan words in Evenki”, in Central Asiatic Studies, volume V, issue 4