Proto-Mongolian: *ǯebe, *ǯeb-seg
Meaning: 1 end of arrow 2 instrument, weapon, tool
Russian meaning: 1 наконечник стрелы 2 орудие, оружие
Written Mongolian: ǯebe 1, ǯebseg 2 (L 1042)
Middle Mongolian: ǯebele- 'to fight with ǯebe weapons'; ǯebsek 2 (SH), ǯebe 2 (HYt), ǯemṣel 'axe' (IM), ǯibsek 'armour' (MA 204)
Khalkha: ʒev 1, ʒevseg 2
Buriat: zebe 1, zebseg 2
Kalmuck: zer-zewǝ, zewsǝg 2 (КРС)
Ordos: ǯiwe 1, ǯibseg 2
Shary-Yoghur: ǯemseg 2
Comments: MGCD 440. Mong. > Chag. ǯebe, see TMN 1, 285-286, Щербак 1997, 204.
