авах

See also: явях, явах, abax, and Abax

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ab-, compare East Yugur ab. Tentatively connected with Khitan [Khitan Small needed] (aû), a hapax legomenon, by Yingzhe and Janhunen [1].

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /awəx/, [ˈaw̜ɐχ]

Verb

авах • (avah) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠪᠬᠤ (abqu))

  1. to take, to grab, to seize
  2. to appropriate, to claim, to assume
  3. to obtain, to acquire
  4. to receive, to accept
  5. to buy
  6. (after verb in -ж (-ž) or -н (-n)) to do for one's own benefit
  7. to take off (clothing, body parts)
  8. (after verb in -аад (-aad)) to do once
  9. to be hit (by wind, light)

Synonyms

  • (to take physically): барих (barih), -дах (-dah)
  • (to make one's own): эзэмших (ezemših), эзлэх (ezleh)
  • (to remove clothing): тайлах (tajlah)
  • (to be hit): цохиулах (tsohiulah)

Antonyms

  • өгөх (ögöh, “to give, to do for other's benefit”)

Derived terms

  • аваачих (avaačih, “to take away”)
  • авчрах (avčrah, “to bring”)
  • автах (avtah, “to be under influence”)
  • авалцах (avaltsah, “to link”)
    • авалцаа (avaltsaa, “contact”)
      • авалцаатай (avaltsaataj, “coherent”)
  • авлага (avlaga, “instructions”)

References

  1. ↑ Yingzhe, Wu; Janhunen, Juha (2010) New materials on the Khitan small script : a critical edition of Xiao Dilu & Yelü Xiangwen (Languages of Asia; 9), Folkestone: Global Oriental, page 213

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈavəx]

Noun

а́вах • (ávax) f inan pl

  1. prepositional plural of а́ва (áva)
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