нийтгэх

Mongolian

Etymology

Old causative formation нийдэх (niidex, “to be united”) +‎ -гах (-gax). The change -дг- (-dg-) > -тг- (-tg-) being semi-regular due to -ᠭᠠ- (-ɣa-) suffix having a variant in -ᠬᠠ- (-qa-) after ᠪ (b), ᠳ (d) or ᠰ (s); and -ᠳᠭ- (-dg-) clusters being regularly reflected as -тг- (-tg-) in Khalkha.

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /niːtʰɡex/, [ˈniːʰtkɪç]

Verb

нийтгэх • (niitgex) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠡᠶ᠋ᠢᠳᠬᠡᠬᠦ (neyidkekü))

1. to weave

Derived terms

• нийтгэмэл (niitgemel)