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луу

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Buryat

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Etymology

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From Chinese.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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луу (luu)

  1. (mythology) dragon
    луу жэлluu želyear of the Dragon

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mongolian

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Etymology 1

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠯᠤᠤ
(luu)
луу
(luu)
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Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠯᠤᠤ (luu), from Middle Mongol ᠯᠤᠤ (luu), borrowed from Old Turkic 𐰠𐰇 (l²ü /⁠lü⁠/) which in turn is ultimately from Chinese (lóng). The absence of the final suggests an intermediary language without a final which Alexander Vovin suggests is Rouran. Compare Buryat луу (luu), Kalmyk лу (lu); Khitan 𘭑 (*lu /⁠lu⁠/); Tuvan улу (ulu), Southern Altai улуу (uluu), Kyrgyz улуу (uluu), Kazakh ұлу (ūlu); Tibetan ཀླུ (klu); replaced native Mongolic [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɮo̙ː]
  • Hyphenation: луу

Noun

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луу (luu)

  1. (mythology) a dragon
    луу жилluu žilyear of the Dragon
Declension
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ
(uruɣu)
луу
(luu)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɮo̙ː]
  • Hyphenation: луу

Postposition

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луу (luu)

  1. Marks the directive case after a stem ending in the consonant р (r).
    Synonym: -аад (-aad)
    Alternative form: руу (ruu)
Usage notes
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  • Due to its recent development as a grammatical case, directive case suffixes are written with a space between the stem and suffix.
  • Generally equivalent to the English term down to.
Inflection
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