Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/ab-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/ab-

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

Tentatively connected with Khitan [Khitan Small needed] (aû), a hapax legomena, by Yingzhe and Janhunen.[1]

Verb

*ab-

1. to take

Antonyms

• *ög- (“to give”)

Derived terms

•  ? *abaldu- (“to wrestle”)
• *abcïra- (“to bring”)
• *abuca (“handful”)

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian: ᠠᠪᠬᠤᠢ (abqui̯)
  • Phags-pa ꡝꡎ (ʾb-)
  • Arabic: اب‎ (ab-)
  • Chinese: [script needed] (ab-)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠠᠪᠬᠤ (abqu)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: авах (avax)
  • Ordos: /ab-/
• Kalmyk: авх (avh)
• Buryat: абаха (abaxa)
• Khamnigan Mongol: abaxu
• Daur: augw
• East Yugur: abqi
• Monguor:
  • Mongghul: awu
  • >? Mangghuer: hegh
• Bonan:
  • Gansu: ap, ape
  • Qinghai: ab, abe
• Kangjia: abi
• ?Dongxiang: agi
• Mogholi: abku, obku

References

1. Yingzhe, Wu; Janhunen, Juha (2010) New materials on the Khitan small script : a critical edition of Xiao Dilu & Yelü Xiangwen (Languages of Asia; 9), Folkestone: Global Oriental, page 213

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 263