-х
Mongolian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mongolic *-ku, compare Dongxiang -ku.
Suffix
-х • (-h) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠤ (qu))
- future participle, marking actions that will or should be done
Usage notes
- After verb stems ending in consonants this suffix demands an epenthetic short vowel regardless of usual Mongolian syllabification rules.
- Some words with this suffix became fully lexicalized nouns and were written with the variant ᠬᠤᠢ (qui) ending in classical Mongolian, pre-classical language and Cyrillic script do not make this distinction.
Suffix
-х • (-h) (complying with vowel harmony)
- Attached to locative adverbs, postpositions and case suffixes to form adnominal phrases that mean "which is ___"
Alternative forms
- -хи (-hi)
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