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Mongolian Etymology mn cmg ᠊ᠲᠠᠢ ornative suffix, from mn xng ᠲᠠᠢ tʾy tai, xng ᠊ᠲᠠᠢ -lʾy -tai feminine singular ornative suffix. mn и -и- was a stem-final vowel kept pronounced in some agglutinative structures, and could be somehow considered as an anaptyxis. Pronunciation mn [ɪ̆.ʰtæː] khk causing umlaut of a preceding non-reduced Advanced and retracted tongue root +RTR vowel mn -и тай Suffix suffix comitative suffixes,ornative suffixes,adjective-forming suffixes mn to stems ending in mn -хь, mn -дь, and mn -ть, supplanting their silent final mn ь -ь mn still productive Forms the ornative form. mn даахь даахитай frizzy hair have/has/having frizzy hair mn задь задитай nutmeg have/has/having a nutmeg/nutmegs Forms the comitative case. mn даахь даахитай frizzy hair with frizzy hair mn задь задитай nutmeg with a nutmeg Inflection Alternative forms mn -тай