эргин
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[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]эргин • (ergin) (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
- threshold (bottom-most part of a doorway)
Yakut
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From эргий (ergiy, “to spin, to rotate”). See also эргимтэ (ergimte).
Noun
[edit]эргин • (ergin)
Postposition
[edit]эргин • (ergin)
- about, around, near
- дьиэ эргин ― jie ergin ― around the house
- үрэх эргин ― üreq ergin ― near the river
- киэһэ эргин кэлээр ― kiehe ergin keleer ― come around evening
- онус эргин барыа ― onus ergin barıa ― he'll go around the 10th
- Тохсунньу эргин ― Toqsunnyu ergin ― sometime in January
- икки чаас эҥин эргин ― ikki caas eñin ergin ― about two o'clock or so
Usage notes
[edit]Like its English counterparts, this word can be used to indicate physical nearness or an (abstract) approximation.