ᡶ᠋ᠣᠯᡥᠣ

Manchu

Alternative forms
  • ᡶᠣᠯᡤᠣ (folgo)

Etymology
  1. From Proto-Tungusic *palụka, compare Evenki халка (halka), Nanai палоа (paloa).
  2. From Proto-Mongolic *haluka or its ancestor, possibly of Indo-European origin. Compare Mongolian алх (alx, “hammer”), Kazakh балға (balğa, “hammer”), Sanskrit परशु (paraśu, “axe”), Ancient Greek πέλεκυς (pélekus, “axe”), Russian палка (palka, “stick”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ᡶ᠋ᠣᠯᡥᠣ • (folho)

  1. hammer (made of iron)

Synonyms

References
  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 313
  • Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 113
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