усн
Kalmyk
Etymology
From Written Oirat ᡇᠰᡇᠨ (usun), from Proto-Mongolic *usu-n. Cognate with Buryat уһан (uhan), Mongolian усан (usan, oblique form).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈsən/, [uˈsn̩]
- Hyphenation: у‧сн
Noun
усн • (usn) (Clear script spelling ᡇᠰᡇᠨ (usun))
- water
- 1989, Бембин Тимофей, Көк теңгсин көвәһәр, volume 2, Элст: Хальмг дегтр һарһач, page 59:
- Ардаһарнь усн орҗ йовна гидг эн!
- Ardağarnĭ usn orj yovna gidg en!
- The water is coming from behind!
- 1963, Эрнҗәнә Константин, Һалан хадһл, volume 1, Элст: Хальмг госиздат, page 136:
- Барун өмн күрә тус бәәсн шатта худгин өөр хойр далһа суулһта усн мелмлзәд бәәнә.
- Barun ömn kürä tus bääsn shatta hudgin öör hoyr dalğa suulğta usn melmlzäd bäänä.
- Near a framed well opposite to the western monastery, water inside two buckets is shining.
- 1980, Эрнҗәнә Константин, Цецн булг, Элст: Хальмг дегтр һарһач, page 41:
- Уньд кесн модд ац уга һо болх йоста. Уньд һо болхла герин урһц өндр, шовһр бәәдл һарна. Тиим болхла деерәс орсн цасн, хурин усн һооҗхд чигн сән болна.
- Unĭd kesn modd ats uga ğo bolh yosta. Unĭd ğo bolhla gerin urğts öndr, shovğr bäädl ğarna. Tiim bolhla deyeräs orsn tsasn, hurin usn ğoojhd chign sän bolna.
- The poles must be flat and straight. This way, the yurt has a beautiful, slender appearance. Thanks to that, snow and water do not linger on it, rolling down.
- ус уух ― us uuh ― to drink water
- ус теех ― us teex ― to give birth (to)
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Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- мөңгн усн (mönggn usn, “mercury”, literally “silver water”)
References
- I. K. Ilichkine, B. D. Mouniev, V. D. Basmaïeva, Petit Dictionnaire russe-kalmouk, Kalmytskoe knijnoe izdatel’stvo, Elista, 2002
- A. Pozdneev (1911) Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 48