mongolis

== Latvian == === Etymology === Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Mongolian монгол (mongol, “Mongol”), made into a masculine 2nd-declension noun (ending -is). === Pronunciation === === Noun === mongolis m (2nd declension, female equivalent mongoliete) (male) Mongol, Mongolian (a man, person from Mongolia or of Mongolian descent) mongolis Batbajaru atzīst: viņa zeme ir Latvija, tur, kur ir viņa ģimene ― the Mongolian Batbajaru admits: his country is Latvia, there, where his family is (male) Mongol (a member of one of the Mongol ethnic groups, in Mongolia and elsewhere) Ķīnas mongoļi ― China's mongols mongoļu zemes vēsture ir ļoti sena, tā ietver gan Čingishana karagājienus, gan drūmos gadsimtus mandžūru jūgā ― the history of the Mongol land is very old, it includes both Gengis Khan's crusades and the gloomy centuries under the Manchurian yoke (genitive plural): Mongol, Mongolian; pertaining to Mongolia or to Mongol people mongoļu valoda ― the Mongol language mongoļu sakāmvārds ― Mongol proverb mongoļu impērija ― Mongol empire ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Mongolija mongolisks mongoļu valoda