луу

Buryat

Etymology

From Chinese.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʊː/

Noun

луу (luu)

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

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mongolian

Etymology 1

MongolianCyrillic
ᠯᠤᠤ
(luu)
луу
(luu)

From Middle Mongol ᠯᠤᠤ (luu), borrowed from Old Turkic ‎𐰠𐰇 (‎l²ü) 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 Ruanruan. Compare Buryat луу (luu), Kalmyk лу (lu); Khitan 𘭑 (*lu /lu/); Tuvan улу (ulu), Southern Altai улуу (uluu), Kyrgyz улуу (uluu), Kazakh ұлу (ūlu); replaced native Mongolic [Term?].

Pronunciation

Noun

луу (luu)

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

Etymology 2

MongolianCyrillic
ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ
(-uruɣu)
луу
(luu)

Pronunciation

Suffix

луу (luu)

  1. Marks the directive case after a stem ending in the consonant р (r).
    Alternative form: руу (ruu)
    Synonym: -аад (-aad)
Usage notes
  • 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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