Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/üge

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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/üge

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

*üge

1. word, speech

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian: ᠦᠭᠡ (üge)
  • Arabic: اوكه‎ (üge), اوكایی‎ (ügeyi (acc.)) (Muqaddimat)
  • Phags-pa: ꡝꡦꡟ
    ꡂꡦ (ʾeu-ge)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠦᠭᠡ (üge)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: үг (üg)
  • Ordos: /ʉge/
• Buryat: үгэ (üge)
• Kalmyk: үг (üg)
• East Yugur: üge
• Monguor:
  • Mongghul: ugo
  • Mangghuer: wuge, ge

See also

• *kelen (“tongue, language”)

References

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 539