юу

See also: уу, ую, and -уу

Mongolian

Etymology 1

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠶᠠᠭᠤ (yaɣu)	юу (juu)

From Proto-Mongolic *yaxun, compare Buryat юун (juun). Possible cognate of уу (uu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjʊː/
Syllabification: юу (1 syllable)

Pronoun

юу • (juu)

what
энэ юу вэ? ― ene juu ve? ― what's this?

сонин юу байна? ― sonin juu bajna? ― what is the news?

Etymology 2

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠤᠤ (uu)	юу (juu)

See уу (uu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjʊː/
Syllabification: юу (1 syllable)

Particle

юу • (juu)

phonologically conditioned form of уу (uu): final interrogative pronoun that creates yes-no questions

Usage notes

Used after back-harmonic words ending in vowels.

Inflection

Vowel harmonic forms of юу

back vowel	front vowel
юу juu	юү jüü
юу juu	юү jüü

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