юм

See also: Юм and ум

Buryat

Historical evolution
Classical Mongolian [Term?]
Latin [Term?]a
jymb
Cyrillic юм
a 1931–1936, based on the Tsongol–Sartul dialect.
b 1937–1939, based on the Khori dialect.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jum/
  • Hyphenation: юм

Particle

юм • (jum)

  1. The confirmative particle.

Mongolian

Etymology 1

MongolianCyrillic
ᠶᠤᠮ
(yum)		юм
(jüm)

Cognate with Buryat юм (jum), Kalmyk юм (yum), etc.

Pronunciation

Particle

юм • (jüm)

  1. (confirmative modal particle, it follows the word that it modifies, connotes willingness or desire)

Etymology 2

MongolianCyrillic
ᠶᠠᠭᠤᠮ᠎ᠠ
(yaɣum_a)		юм
(jüm)

From Proto-Mongolic *jaɣuma (“thing”). Cognate with Buryat юум- (juum-), Kalmyk юм- (yum-), etc.

Pronunciation

Noun

юм • (jüm)

  1. thing, subject, matter, object
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