мөңге

Tuvan

Etymology

Reborrowing from Middle Mongol ᠮᠥ᠍ᠩᠬᠡ (möngke), from Proto-Turkic *bäŋkü (“eternal”). Doublet of меңги (meñgi). Cognate with Khakas мӧге (möge), Yakut мэҥэ (meŋe), Turkish bengi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mœ̰ŋ.ɡɛ/, [mœ̰ŋ˖.ɡ˖ɛ]
  • Hyphenation: мөң‧ге

Adjective

мөңге • (möñge)

  1. eternal, everlasting, perpetual
    • 2011, “Мен — тыва мен”:
      Мен — тыва мен, / мөңге харлыг дагның оглу мен.
      Men — tıva men, / möñge xarlıg dagnıñ oglu men.
      I’m a Tuvan, / a son of the mountains capped with perpetual snow.
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