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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/heligen

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

Noun

*heligen

  1. liver

Descendants
  • Middle Mongol:
    • Mongolian: ᠡᠯᠢᠭᠡᠨ (eligen)
    • Arabic:
      • Leiden manuscript: هَلكان, هَيْلَكَهْ
      • Muqaddimat: ايليكان
      • Rasulid Hexaglot هيلكيه (corrected as هيليكه* (/⁠helige⁠/))
    • Chinese:
      • Beilu Yiyu: 黑里葉 (hei-li-ye) (corrected as *黑里革 (/⁠helige⁠/))
      • Secret History: [Term?] (/⁠helige(n)⁠/)
  • Mongolian:
    • Classical: ᠡᠯᠢᠭᠡ (elige)
    • Khalkha Mongolian: элэг (eleg)
    • Ordos: /elege/
  • Kalmyk: элкн (elkn)
  • Buryat: эльгэ(н) (elʹge(n))
  • Khamnigan Mongol: ilige(n), elige(n), iligü(n)
  • Daur: xeleg
  • East Yugur: helegen
  • Monguor:
    • Mongghul: halige, haliga
    • Mangghuer: [Term?] (harge)
  • Bonan: hilge
  • Mogholi: ilkan (“heart”)

References
  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 353
  • Sun Zhu (1990) 蒙古语族语言词典 [Dictionary of Mongolic Languages] (in Chinese), Qinghai, page 257
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