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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)

  1. 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)

  1. Uses spatial roots to form adverbs denoting approximate location or movement along the side.
See also
  • -на (-na)
  • (-r)
  • -аа (-aa)
  • -гш (-gš)

References

  1. Nicholas Poppe (1960), “On some Mongolian loan words in Evenki”, in Central Asiatic Studies, volume V, issue 4