авах
See also: явях, явах, abax, and Abax
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *ab-, compare East Yugur ab. Tentatively connected with Khitan [Khitan Small needed] (aû), a hapax legomenon, by Yingzhe and Janhunen [1].
Pronunciation
(Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /awəx/, [ˈaw̜ɐχ]
Verb
авах • (avah) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠪᠬᠤ (abqu))
- to take, to grab, to seize
- to appropriate, to claim, to assume
- to obtain, to acquire
- to receive, to accept
- to buy
- (after verb in -ж (-ž) or -н (-n)) to do for one's own benefit
- to take off (clothing, body parts)
- (after verb in -аад (-aad)) to do once
- to be hit (by wind, light)
Synonyms
- (to take physically): барих (barih), -дах (-dah)
- (to make one's own): эзэмших (ezemših), эзлэх (ezleh)
- (to remove clothing): тайлах (tajlah)
- (to be hit): цохиулах (tsohiulah)
Antonyms
- өгөх (ögöh, “to give, to do for other's benefit”)
Derived terms
- аваачих (avaačih, “to take away”)
- авчрах (avčrah, “to bring”)
- автах (avtah, “to be under influence”)
- авалцах (avaltsah, “to link”)
- авалцаа (avaltsaa, “contact”)
- авалцаатай (avaltsaataj, “coherent”)
- авалцаа (avaltsaa, “contact”)
- авлага (avlaga, “instructions”)
References
- Yingzhe, Wu; Janhunen, Juha (2010) New materials on the Khitan small script : a critical edition of Xiao Dilu & Yelü Xiangwen (Languages of Asia; 9), Folkestone: Global Oriental, page 213
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈavəx]
Noun
а́вах • (ávax) f inan pl
- prepositional plural of а́ва (áva)