эргин

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эргин • (ergin) (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. threshold (bottom-most part of a doorway)

From эргий (ergiy, “to spin, to rotate”). See also эргимтэ (ergimte).

эргин • (ergin)

1. environs, neighborhood, surroundings

   хайа эргинтэн сылдьаҕын? ― qaya erginten sıljağın? ― where (which area) are you from?

   бу эргин дьон ― bu ergin jon ― the locals of this neighborhood

эргин • (ergin)

1. about, around, near

   дьиэ эргин ― jie ergin ― around the house

   үрэх эргин ― üreq ergin ― near the river

   киэһэ эргин кэлээр ― kiehe ergin keleer ― come around evening

   онус эргин барыа ― onus ergin barıa ― he'll go around the 10th

   Тохсунньу эргин ― Toqsunnyu ergin ― sometime in January

   икки чаас эҥин эргин ― ikki caas eñin ergin ― about two o'clock or so

Like its English counterparts, this word can be used to indicate physical nearness or an (abstract) approximation.