FromWritten Oirat᠊ᡋᠠ(-ba) and᠊ᡋᡄ(-be). CompareMongolian-в(-v);Buryat-ба(-ba),-бо(-bo),-бэ(-be); etc.
- IPA(key): /v/,/və/,/va/
- Hyphenation:-в
-в• (-v)
- Used to form the perfect preterite tense of a verb.
FromWritten Oiratᡋᡅ(bi). Doublet ofби(bi,“I”,first-person singular subject pronoun). Compare alsoBuryat-б(-b,after a vowel including a hidden epenthesis) and-би(-bi,after a consonant).
- IPA(key): /v/,[w],[f],[β]
- Hyphenation:-в
-в• (-v)
- (predicative)Used as a first-person singular copula, meaning ‘Iam …’
- Бив. ―Biv. ―It's me.
- Хальмгв. ―Xalʹmgv. ―I am a Kalmyk.
- (predicative)A first-person singular verbal suffix.
“Ээҗин дун”:Киитнл булгиннь уснаснь / Киилгән уһаһадсуулав- Kiitnl bulginnʹ usnasnʹ / Kiilgän uğağadsuulav
- From the water of a cold spring /I sat down after washing clothes
FromClassical Mongolian᠊ᠪᠡ(-be) and᠊ᠪᠠ(-ba), fromMiddle Mongol᠊ᠪᠡ m sg(-be) and᠊ᠪᠠ m sg(-ba).
-в• (-v)
- Theterminative suffix, describing past events with no clearaspectual meaning
- Mostly used in questions about recent past
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
-в• (-v)
- genitiveplural of-во́ n(-vó) and-ва́ f(-vá)
