-в
See also: в-, в., В., в, В, and Appendix:Variations of "b"
Kalmyk
Etymology 1
From Written Oirat ᠊ᡋᠠ (-ba) and ᠊ᡋᡄ (-be). Compare Mongolian -в (-v); Buryat -ба (-ba), -бо (-bo), -бэ (-be); etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v/, /və/, /va/
- Hyphenation: -в
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
- IPA(key): /v/, [w], [f], [β]
- Hyphenation: -в
Suffix
-в • (-v)
- Used to form a first-person singular predicative from words of various parts of speech, meaning ‘I am …’ or ‘I …’
- Хальмгв. ― Halĭmgv. ― I am a Kalmyk.
- (Can we date this quote?) “Ээҗин дун”:
- Киитнл булгиннь уснаснь / Киилгән уһаһад суулав
- Kiitnl bulginnĭ usnasnĭ / Kiilgän uğağad suulav
- From the water of a cold spring / I sat down after washing clothes
See also
- -видн (-vidn), -ч (-ch), -т (-t)
Mongolian
Etymology
From Classical Mongolian ᠊ᠪᠡ (-bä) and ᠊ᠪᠠ (-ba), from Middle Mongol ᠊ᠪᠡ m sg (-bä) 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)