манай

Buryat

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *banu (“our”, possessive of *ba). Cognate with Kalmyk мана (mana), Mongolian манай (manaj), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nɛː/, [mʷä.nɛː]
• Hyphenation: ма‧най

Determiner

манай • (manaj)

1. suppletive possessive of бидэ (bide, “we”, first-person plural pronoun): our

Derived terms

• -мнай (-mnaj), -най (-naj)

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠮᠠᠨ ᠤ (man-u)	манай (manaj)

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠮᠠᠨ ᠤ (man-u), from Middle Mongol ᠮᠠᠨᠤ (manu), from Proto-Mongolic *b-a-n-u. Cognate with Buryat манай (manaj), Kalmyk мана (mana), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.næː/

Determiner

манай • (manaj)

1. genitive of бид (bid, “we”, first-person plural pronoun), our

   манай гэр ― manaj ger ― our/my home

   Манайд ирээрэй. ― Manajd ireerej. ― Please come to our house.

Derived terms

• манайх (manajx, “ours”, first-person plural possessive pronoun)

Related terms

• маань (maanʹ, first-person plural possessive particle)