Tuesday, April 3, 2012

MWW 16: Хавар


Cyrillic
хавар

Transcription
havar
IPA
[χa.wǝr]
Layman’s
Pronunciation
HAH-wer
Translation
spring
In Genghis Khan’s time it was qabur.


The upcoming улирал is хавар.

хаварших
to become spring

хаваржих
to pass the spring season

хаваржин
during / throughout the spring

хаваржаа
a nomad's spring camp

хаваржаалах
to pass the time in a spring camp (OR, to move to the spring camp?)

хаваржаандаа буух
to take animals to the spring camp (lit., "get down at one's spring camp")

Сайхан хаварж байна уу?
Are you passing the spring well? (a season greeting)

Early spring

Mid spring

3 comments:

  1. Nice! Can you use "to become spring" in a sentence?

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    1. I suppose

      Хаваршина.
      "It will be spring."

      I think it's usually a sentence by itself. It doesn't take any subject or object.

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