мөңге

Tuvan

Etymology

Reborrowing from Mongolian мөнх (mönx), from Proto-Turkic *beŋkü (“eternal”). Cognate with Khakas мӧге (möge), Yakut мэҥэ (meñe), Turkish bengi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /møŋˈɡɛ/

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 am a Tuvan, / I'm the son of the mountains capped with perpetual snow.
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