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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/hutasun

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

Reconstruction

Baoan and Kangjia languages have an unusual nasal initial.

Etymology

From *huta- +‎ *-sun. If the first element goes back to an earlier *puta-, then Manchu ᡶᡠᡨᠠ (futa, “rope, string”) is a (Para-)Mongolic borrowing.

Noun

*hutasun

  1. thread

Descendants
  • Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian:
    • Classical: ᠤᠲᠠᠰᠤ (utasu)
    • Khalkha Mongolian: утас (utas)
    • Ordos: /utas(u)/
  • Buryat: утаhа(н) (utaha(n))
  • Oirat:
    • Kalmyk: утсн (utsn)
  • Qinghai-Gansu:
    • East Yugur: hdaasin, sdaasin
    • Monguor:
      • Mongghul: shdaasi, shdaaji
    • Bonan: ndasung
    • Kangjia: ndasun
    • Dongxiang: utasun, utasung
  • →? Manchu: ᡶᡠᡨᠠ (futa)

References
  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 366
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