ᠸᡝᡥᡝ

Manchu

Etymology

From Jurchen wehe, from Proto-Tungusic *ure (“mountain”). Cognate with Evenki урэ (urə).

Alternatively, it may be derived from a Chukotko-Kamchatkan language, cf. Chukchi выквын (wəkwən, “stone”), from Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *ɣəv(ɣəv) (“stone”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ᠸᡝᡥᡝ • (wehe)

  1. stone

References
  1. Vovin, Alexander (2006) “Why Manchu and Jurchen Look So Un-Tungusic”, in Alessandra Pozzi, Juha Janhunen and Michael Weiers, editors, Tumen jalafun secen aku. Manchu Studies in Honour of Giovanni Stary, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pages 255-266.
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