ᡶᠣᠯᡥᠣ

ᡶᠣᠯᡥᠣ

Manchu

Alternative forms

• ᡶᠣᠯᡤᠣ (folgo)

Etymology

1. From Proto-Tungusic *palụka, compare Evenki халка (halka), Nanai палоа.
2. From Proto-Mongolic *haluka or its ancestor, possibly of Indo-European origin. Compare Mongolian алх (alx, “hammer”), Kazakh балға (balğa, “hammer”), Sanskrit परशु (paraśu, “axe”), Ancient Greek πέλεκυς (pélekus, “axe”), Russian палка (palka, “stick”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [fɔl.χɔ]

Noun

ᡶᠣᠯᡥᠣ • (folho)

1. hammer (made of iron)

Synonyms

• ᠯᠠᠩᡨᡠ (langtu)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov: Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages: Materials for an etymological dictionary] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 313
• Rozycki, William (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 113