-аа
See also: аа, ая, а-а, and а... а...
Mongolian
Suffix
-аа • (-aa) (complying with vowel harmony)
- The imperfective participle suffix
Usage notes
- Even though this suffix belongs primarily to the participle conjugation denoting a past action that continues into the present, it is most commonly used in its negated form -аагүй (-aagüj) to make finite clauses with the meaning "haven't _____". It can also form rhetorical questions with interrogative particle юу and, more rarely, affirmative sentences (mostly байгаа (bajgaa), яваа (javaa)).
Suffix
-аа • (-aa)
- alternative form of -аан (-aan)
Etymology 3
From Proto-Mongolic *-xan/*-ban. See өөр (öör), *öxer.
Suffix
-аа • (-aa) (complying with vowel harmony)
- one's own (reflexive suffix)
- (attached to a converb) indicates that the subjects of the main and the subordinate clauses are the same.
Etymology 4
Contains Proto-Mongolic *-a, a locative case suffix.
Suffix
-аа • (-aa) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠ (n-a)) (complying with vowel harmony)
- Forms locational adverbs from spatial roots
Derived terms
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See also
- -р (-r)
- -на (-na)
- -гш (-gš)
- -уур (-uur)