ᠮᡝᡴᡝᠯᡝ

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adverb

ᠮᡝᡴᡝᠯᡝ (mekele)

  1. in vain; for no reason; for no purpose; for nothing; unsuccessfully
    ᠠᠰᡳᡥᠠᠨ
    ᠴᡳ
    ᡥᡡᠰᡠᡨᡠᠯᡝᡵᠠᡴᡡ
    ᠣᡶᡳ᠈
    ᠰᠠᡴᡩᠠᡴᠠ
    ᠮᠠᠩᡤᡳ᠈
    ᠮᡝᡴᡝᠯᡝ
    ᠠᡴᠠᡵᠠ
    ᡩᡝ
    ᡳᠰᡳᠨᠠᡥᠠ
    asihan ci hūsutulerakū ofi, sakdaka manggi, mekele akara de isinaha.
    If one does not exert oneself in youth, one will regret it for no purpose in old age.
    • 1750, 智信, 清字一百條 [Tanggū Meyen]:
      ᡝᠨᡨᡝᡴᡝ
      ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ
      ᠮᡝᡴᡝᠯᡝ
      ᠪᠠᠨᠵᡳᡶᡳ
      ᡠᠨᡨᡠᡥᡠᡵᡳ
      ᠸᠠᠵᡳᡵᡝ
      ᠠᡳᠪᡳ᠉
      enteke niyalma mekele banjifi untuhuri wajire aibi.
      What's the point of such a person living purposelessly and wasting his life?