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Mongolian
Etymology 1
Suffix
-аа • (-aa) (complying with vowel harmony)
- The imperfective participle suffix
Usage notes
- Even though this suffix belongs primarily to the participle conjugation denoting a past action that continues into the present, it is most commonly used in its negated form -аагүй (-aagüj) to make finite clauses with the meaning "haven't _____". It can also form rhetorical questions with interrogative particle юу and, more rarely, affirmative sentences (mostly байгаа (bajgaa), яваа (javaa)).
Etymology 2
Suffix
-аа • (-aa)
- alternative form of -аан (-aan)
Etymology 3
From Proto-Mongolic *-xan/*-ban. See өөр (öör), *öxer.
Suffix
-аа • (-aa) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠠᠨ (ban)) (complying with vowel harmony)
- one's own (reflexive suffix)
- (attached to a converb) indicates that the subjects of the main and the subordinate clauses are the same.
| Reflexive Possession of Mongolian
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| After -C(V)
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-ээ (-ee)
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-өө (-öö)
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-аа (-aa)
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-оо (-oo)
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| After -Cь
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-иа (-ia)
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-ио (-io)
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| After -VV
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-гээ (-gee)
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-гөө (-göö)
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-гаа (-gaa)
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-гоо (-goo)
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Etymology 4
Contains Proto-Mongolic *-a, a locative case suffix.
Suffix
-аа • (-aa) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠ (n-a)) (complying with vowel harmony)
- Forms locational adverbs from spatial roots
Etymology 5
Suffix
-аа • (-aa)
- (causative suffix) Change intransitive verbs to transitive verbs.
Derived terms
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