ᡥᡝᡶᡝᠯᡳ
Manchu
Etymology
- From Proto-Tungusic *kebel, from Jurchen [script needed] (*hefuli).
- Ultimately from a Mongolic language, compare Mongolian хэвэл (xevel). Cognates are widespread in Inner Asia, being also found in the Northern Tungusic languages of Siberia and in Ket.[1] Northwestern Korean 허북 (heobuk, “belly”), Korean 허벅지 (heobeokji, “thigh”) are most likely from borrowed from Tungusic.
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [χə.fə.li]
Noun
ᡥᡝᡶᡝᠯᡳ • (hefeli)
- abdomen; belly
References
- Bayarma Khabtagaeva (2019) Language Contact in Siberia: Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic Loanwords in Yeniseian, BRILL, →ISBN, page 270