авах
Appearance
Mongolian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- From Proto-Mongolic *ab-, compare Buryat абаха (abaxa), Kalmyk авх (avx), East Yugur ab.
- Tentatively connected with Khitan [Khitan small needed] (aû), a hapax legomenon, by Yingzhe and Janhunen.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): [ä.w̜ɐ̆χ]
- Hyphenation: а‧вах
Verb
[edit]авах • (avax) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠪᠬᠤ (abqu))
- to take, to grab, to seize
- to appropriate, to claim, to assume
- to obtain, to acquire
- to receive, to accept
- to buy
- (after verb in -ж (-ž) or -н (-n)) to do for one's own benefit
- to take off (clothing, body parts)
- (after verb in -аад (-aad)) to do once
- to be hit (by wind, light)
Synonyms
[edit]- (to take physically): барих (barix), -дах (-dax)
- (to make one's own): эзэмших (ezemšix), эзлэх (ezlex)
- (to remove clothing): тайлах (tajlax)
- (to be hit): цохиулах (coxiulax)
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- аваачих (avaačix, “to take away”)
- авчрах (avčrax, “to bring”)
- автах (avtax, “to be under influence”)
- авалцах (avalcax, “to link”)
- авалцаа (avalcaa, “contact”)
- авалцаатай (avalcaataj, “coherent”)
- авалцаа (avalcaa, “contact”)
- авлага (avlaga, “instructions”)
References
[edit]- ^ Yingzhe, Wu, Janhunen, Juha (2010) New materials on the Khitan small script : a critical edition of Xiao Dilu & Yelü Xiangwen (Languages of Asia; 9), Folkestone: Global Oriental, page 213
Russian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]а́вах • (ávax) f inan pl
- prepositional plural of а́ва (áva)