ᡥᡝᡶᡝᠯᡳ

Manchu

Etymology
  1. From Proto-Tungusic *kebel, from Jurchen [script needed] (*hefuli).
  2. 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] Pyongan Korean 허북 (heobuk, “belly”), Korean 허벅지 (heobeokji, “thigh”) are most likely borrowed from Tungusic.

Pronunciation

Noun

ᡥᡝᡶᡝᠯᡳ • (hefeli)

  1. abdomen; belly

References
  1. Bayarma Khabtagaeva (2019) Language Contact in Siberia: Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic Loanwords in Yeniseian, BRILL, →ISBN, page 270
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