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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/eljigen

This Proto-Mongolic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Mongolic

Etymology

From the same source as Proto-Turkic *ešgek, presumably Proto-Turkic *eĺč-(gek) +‎ *-gen.

Noun

*eljigen

  1. donkey

Descendants
  • Middle Mongol:
    Arabic: ايلجيكان (eljigen) (Muqaddimat), ايلجكَنْ (eljigen) (Leiden manuscript)
    Chinese: 耳直革 (eljige) (Beilu Yiyu), [script needed] (quriqa(n)) (Secret History)
    Mongolian: ᠡᠯᠵᠢᠭᠡᠨ (elǰigen)
  • Mongolian:
    • Classical: ᠡᠯᠵᠢᠭᠡ (elǰige)
    • Khalkha Mongolian: илжиг (ilžig)
    • Ordos: /eld͡ʒige/
  • Buryat: элжэгэ(н) (elžege(n))
  • Khamnigan Mongol: iljigü(n), iljige(n)
  • Kalmyk: элҗгн (eljgn)
  • East Yugur: eljigen
  • Monguor:
  • Bonan:
  • Kangjia: njige
  • Dongxiang: enzhegve
  • Mogholi: eljigan
  • (?) → Manchu: ᡝᡳᡥᡝᠨ (eihen) (see for further Tungusic cognates)
  • → Tuvan: элчиген (elçigen)

Further reading
  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 328
  • Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 98
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