-би

Buryat

Etymology

Compare Kalmyk -в (-v) and Mongolian би (bi).

Suffix

-би • (-bi)

  1. First-person singular predicative suffix, used after a consonant.
    Би буряадби. ― Bi buryaadbi. ― I’m a Buryat.
    Украинада түрэһэмби. ― Ukrainada türehembi. ― I was born in Ukraine.
  • -б (-b, first-person singular predicative suffix used after a vowel)
  • би (bi, “I”, first-person singular subject pronoun)
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