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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xel-
Meaning: 1 bat 2 flying squirrel 3 swallow
Russian meaning: 1 летучая мышь 2 белка-летяга 3 ласточка
Evenki: eldukī 1
Even: elduki 2, 3
Ulcha: xele 1
Orok: xelei 3
Nanai: xelegdexĩ, xeregdepĩ 1
Oroch: xelegduki 1
Udighe: elugduge 1
Solon: eligdē̃ 1
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *k`ela ( ~ -o, -u)
Meaning: a k. of small animal
Russian meaning: вид небольшого животного
Comments: A Western isogloss.
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *Keleŋü
Meaning: field mouse
Russian meaning: мышь-полевка
Karakhanid: kelegü 'al-yarbū' (MK) Turkish: kelen(g)i, geleni, dial. gelenki
Uighur: keleŋü (IM)
Kirghiz: kelemiš, keler, keles
Comments: VEWT 249, EDT 718, ЭСТЯ 5, 31, Лексика 181. The root is not widely attested (although mentioned by MK), and may become confused with the root for 'lizard'; in Turkic dialects folk-etymologically influenced by gelin 'bride' (cf. also gelincek 'weasel', see Цивьян 1979), which would explain voiced g- (irregular in the Altaic perspective). turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-krh,turcet-trk,turcet-uig,turcet-krg,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *kaliɣun
Meaning: 1 otter, beaver 2 brown, yellowish-brown
Russian meaning: 1 выдра, бобер 2 коричневый, игрений
Written Mongolian: qaliɣun (L 919) 1 Middle Mongolian: qali'un (HY 11), qali'un (MA) 1, qali'un (SH) 2, kalbūn 2 (Lig.VMI) Khalkha: xaĺūn 1, 2
Buriat: xaĺūn 1, 2
Kalmuck: xǟĺǖn 1, 2
Ordos: xaĺū 1, xaĺū(n) 2
Monguor: xaliu
Comments: KW 177, MGCD 320. Mong. (also with the derived meaning 'brown, yellowish-brown') > Man. kailun 'brown (horse)', χailun 'otter' etc., see TMN 1, 383, Doerfer MT 132, Rozycki 98, 130; > Kor. kariun (măr), see Lee 1958, 119. monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-mmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-ord,monget-dag,monget-mgr,monget-reference,
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