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Kalmyk
Etymology
From Written Oirat ᡇᠰᡇᠨ (usun), from Proto-Mongolic *usu-n. Cognate with Buryat уһан (uhan), Mongolian усан (usan, oblique form).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈsən/,
- Hyphenation: у‧сн
Noun
усн • (usn) (Clear script spelling ᡇᠰᡇᠨ (usun))
- water
- ус уух ― us uux ― to drink water
- ус теех ― us teex ― to give birth (to)
1989, Бембин Тимофей, Көк теңгсин көвәһәр, volume 2, Элст: Хальмг дегтр һарһач, page 59:Ардаһарнь усн орҗ йовна гидг эн!- Ardağarnʹ usn orj yovna gidg en!
- The water is coming from behind!
1963, Эрнҗәнә Константин, Һалан хадһл, volume 1, Элст: Хальмг госиздат, page 136:Барун өмн күрә тус бәәсн шатта худгин өөр хойр далһа суулһта усн мелмлзәд бәәнә.- Barun ömn kürä tus bääsn şatta xudgin öör xoyr dalğa suulğta usn melmlzäd bäänä.
- Near a framed well opposite to the western monastery, water inside two buckets is shining.
1980, Эрнҗәнә Константин, Цецн булг, Элст: Хальмг дегтр һарһач, page 41:Уньд кесн модд ац уга һо болх йоста. Уньд һо болхла герин урһц өндр, шовһр бәәдл һарна. Тиим болхла деерәс орсн цасн, хурин усн һооҗхд чигн сән болна.- Unʹd kesn modd ats uga ğo bolx yosta. Unʹd ğo bolxla gerin urğts öndr, şovğr bäädl ğarna. Tiim bolxla deeräs orsn tsasn, xurin usn ğoojxd çign sän bolna.
- The poles must be flat and straight. This way, the yurt has a beautiful, slender appearance. Thanks to that, snow and water do not linger on it, rolling down.
- Indicates fluency in a language; fluent
- хальмг келнь усн ― xalʹmg kelnʹ usn ― fluent in Kalmyk
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- мөңгн усн (möñgn usn, “mercury”, literally “silver water”)
References
- I. K. Ilichkine, B. D. Mouniev, V. D. Basmaïeva, Petit Dictionnaire russe-kalmouk, Kalmytskoe knijnoe izdatel’stvo, Elista, 2002
- A. Pozdneev (1911) “усн”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 48