маань
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Mongolian[edit]
| Mongolian | Cyrillic |
|---|---|
| ᠮᠠᠨᠢ (mani) | маань (maanʹ) |
Etymology[edit]
From манай (manaj, “our”, first-person plural possessive determiner).
Compare Buryat -мнай (-mnaj), -най (-naj) and also Kalmyk -мдн (-mdn).
Pronunciation[edit]
Particle[edit]
маань • (maanʹ)
- Forming the first-person plural possession
Usage notes[edit]
As a possessive particle, маань is always placed after case suffixes, particles (дахь², лугаа², руу⁴, шиг), and postpositions.
Structurally unlike in Buryat or Turkic, additional modification of [substantive] маань with determiner манай is invalid. Therefore, a first-person plural possession in Mongolian may only be formed as манай [substantive] or [substantive] маань.