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Buryat
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Mongol ᠪᠤᠤ (pww /buu/) / ꡎꡟ (bu /buu/). Cognate with Kalmyk бү (bü), Khamnigan Mongol бү (bü), бүү (büü), Mongolian бүү (büü).
Pronunciation
Particle
бү • (bü)
- Forms the negative polarity of verbs in optative moods.
Kalmyk
Etymology
Inherited from Written Oirat , from Middle Mongol ᠪᠤᠤ (pww /buu/) / ꡎꡟ (bu /buu/). Cognate with Buryat бү (bü), Khamnigan Mongol бү (bü), бүү (büü), Mongolian бүү (büü).
Particle
бү • (bü)
- (obsolete) Forms the negative polarity of verbs in optative moods.
Khamnigan Mongol
Etymology
From Middle Mongol ᠪᠤᠤ (buu). Cognates include Mongolian бүү (büü) and Buryat бү (bü).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲy/
- Hyphenation: бү
Particle
бү (bü)
- Forms the negative polarity of verbs in optative moods: not
References
- Ilya A. Gruntov (2005) “Хамниганский язык [The Khamnigan language]”, in V. A. Vinogradov, editor, Языки Российской Федерации и соседних государств [The languages of the Russian Federation and the neighbouring languages], volume 3, Nauka
- D. G. Damdinov, E. V. Sundueva (2015) “бү”, in Хамниганско-русский словарь [Khamnigan-Russian dictionary], Irkutsk