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Mongolian
Etymology
- From Proto-Mongolic *ab-, compare Buryat абаха (abaxa), Kalmyk авх (avx), East Yugur ab.
- Tentatively connected with Khitan (aû), a hapax legomenon, by Yingzhe and Janhunen.
Pronunciation
Verb
авах • (avax) (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
Antonyms
- өгөх (ögöx, “to give, to do for other's benefit”)
Derived terms
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
Noun
а́вах • (ávax) f inan pl
- prepositional plural of а́ва (áva)