-тыр

Tuvan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɯr/

Etymology 1

Suffix

-тыр • (-tır)

1. Forms causative verbs.

   таныштырар ― tanıştırar ― to introduce (literally, “to cause to meet”)

   кылдырар ― kıldırar ― to make someone do (something)

   иштирер ― iştirer ― to make someone drink (something)

Alternative forms

• -т (-t)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *tur- (“to stand”). Cognate with Turkish -dir (“it is”).

Verb

-тыр • (-tır)

1. (auxiliary, + noun) is

   Бо мээң кадайым-дыр. ― Bo meeñ kadayım-dır. ― This is my wife.

2. (auxiliary, + verb) it seems, probably

   Чаъс чаар-дыр. ― Çàs çaar-dır. ― It'll rain (or so I have deduced from current meteorological conditions).

   Куштар дыңналы-дыр. ― Kuştar dıñnalı-dır. ― I hear birds (but I can't see them).

Alternative forms

• -дыр (-dır) (softening)
• -тир (-tir) (front unrounded vowel)
• -дир (-dir) (front unrounded vowel and softening)
• -тур (-tur) (back rounded vowel)
• -дур (-dur) (back rounded vowel and softening)
• -түр (-tür) (front rounded vowel)
• -дүр (-dür) (front rounded vowel and softening)