хонг

Kalmyk

Cyrillic Clear Script
хонг (xong) ᡍᡆᠨᡆᡎ (xonog)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *qonuγ, from *qonu (to spend the night) +‎ *-γ. By surface analysis, хонх (xonx, “to spend the night”) +‎ -г (-g, verbalizing suffix). Cognate with Mongolian хоног (xonog).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χoˈnək/

Noun

хонг • (xong)

  1. day, day and night
  2. overnight stay

Derived terms

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