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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/küjüxün

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

Etymology

Perhaps segmentable as *küjü +‎ *-xün, the latter being a common ending in anatomical terms. As in *terixün (“head”).

Noun

*küjüxün

  1. neck

See also

Descendants
  • Middle Mongol:
    • Mongolian: ᠬᠦᠵᠦᠭᠦᠨ (küǰügün)
    • Arabic: كوجون (küjün), كوجوون (küjüün), كوجووون (küjüwün) (Muqaddimat)
    • Chinese: 苦出文 (kuchuwun) (Beilu Yiyu)
  • Mongolian:
    • Classical: ᠬᠦᠵᠦᠭᠦ (küǰügü)
    • Written: ᠬᠦᠵᠦᠭᠦᠦ (küǰügüü)
    • Khalkha Mongolian: хүзүү (xüzüü)
    • Ordos: /kʰʉd͡ʒʉː/
  • Buryat: хүзүү(н) (xüzüü(n))
    • Khamnigan Mongol: күзүү(н)
  • Kalmyk: күзүн (küzün)
  • Daur: xujuu
  • East Yugur: güjüün
  • Monguor:
  • Bonan: gujung
  • Kangjia: güjün
  • Dongxiang: ghuzhun, ghuzhen
  • Mogholi: kujun, kuzhun
  • (?) → Tuvan: күжү (küjü, “nozzle of the bellows”)

References
  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 435
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