-в
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Kalmyk
Etymology 1
From Written Oirat ᠊ᡋᠠ (-ba) and ᠊ᡋᡄ (-be). Compare Mongolian -в (-v); Buryat -ба (-ba), -бо (-bo), -бэ (-be); etc.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-в • (-v)
- Used to form the perfect preterite tense of a verb.
Etymology 2
From Written Oirat ᡋᡅ (bi). Doublet of би (bi, “I”, first-person singular subject pronoun). Compare also Buryat -б (-b, after a vowel including a hidden epenthesis) and -би (-bi, after a consonant).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-в • (-v)
- (predicative) Used as a first-person singular copula, meaning ‘I am …’
- Бив. ― Biv. ― It's me.
- Хальмгв. ― Xalʹmgv. ― I am a Kalmyk.
- (predicative) A first-person singular verbal suffix.
- “Ээҗин дун”:
- Киитнл булгиннь уснаснь / Киилгән уһаһад суулав
- Kiitnl bulginnʹ usnasnʹ / Kiilgän uğağad suulav
- From the water of a cold spring / I sat down after washing clothes
Coordinate terms
Mongolian
Etymology
From Classical Mongolian ᠊ᠪᠡ (-be) and ᠊ᠪᠠ (-ba), from Middle Mongol ᠊ᠪᠡ m sg (-be) and ᠊ᠪᠠ m sg (-ba).
Suffix
-в • (-v)
- The terminative suffix, describing past events with no clear aspectual meaning
Usage notes
- Mostly used in questions about recent past
See also
- -эв (-ev)
- -өв (-öv)
- -ав (-av)
- -ов (-ov)
- -ив (-iv)
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