Proto-Mongolian: *(h)akawna
Meaning: loon, diver, gull
Russian meaning: гагара, чайка
Written Mongolian: aqauna, aquuna (L 60), aɣa(ɣ)una Khalkha: axūn, axūna
Buriat: axūna
Kalmuck: axūnǝ, aɣūnǝ
Comments: KW 3. Mong. > Oyr. aɣūna etc., Sib.-Tat. aɣun, aɣuɨn 'partridge, black-cock' (Тумашева КСТТ 97), Bar. aɣawɨn 'partridge' (ЯБТ 123). monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-reference,