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Tuvan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Suffix
-тыр • (-tır)
- Forms causative verbs.
- таныштырар ― tanıştırar ― to introduce (literally, “to cause to meet”)
- кылдырар ― kıldırar ― to make someone do (something)
- иштирер ― iştirer ― to make someone drink (something)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *tur- (“to stand”). Cognate with Turkish -dir (“it is”).
Verb
-тыр • (-tır)
- (auxiliary, + noun) is
- Бо мээң кадайым-дыр. ― Bo meeñ kadayım-dır. ― This is my wife.
- (auxiliary, + verb) it seems, probably
- Чаъс чаар-дыр. ― Çàs çaar-dır. ― It'll rain (or so I have deduced from current meteorological conditions).
- Куштар дыңналы-дыр. ― Kuştar dıñnalı-dır. ― I hear birds (but I can't see them).
- -дыр (-dır) (softening)
- -тир (-tir) (front unrounded vowel)
- -дир (-dir) (front unrounded vowel and softening)
- -тур (-tur) (back rounded vowel)
- -дур (-dur) (back rounded vowel and softening)
- -түр (-tür) (front rounded vowel)
- -дүр (-dür) (front rounded vowel and softening)