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Buryat
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *banu (“our”, possessive of *ba). Cognate with Kalmyk мана (mana), Mongolian манай (manaj), etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.nɛː/,
- Hyphenation: ма‧най
Determiner
манай • (manaj)
- suppletive possessive of бидэ (bide, “we”, first-person plural pronoun): our
Derived terms
Mongolian
Etymology
From Classical Mongolian ᠮᠠᠨ ᠤ (man-u), from Middle Mongol ᠮᠠᠨᠤ (manu), from Proto-Mongolic *b-a-n-u. Cognate with Buryat манай (manaj), Kalmyk мана (mana), etc.
Pronunciation
Determiner
манай • (manaj)
- genitive of бид (bid, “we”, first-person plural pronoun), our
- манай гэр ― manaj ger ― our/my home
- Манайд ирээрэй. ― Manajd ireerej. ― Please come to our house.
Derived terms
- манайх (manajx, “ours”, first-person plural possessive pronoun)
Related terms
- маань (maanʹ, first-person plural possessive particle)