Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ǯēlge
Meaning: crack, narrow passage
Russian meaning: щель, узкий проход
Evenki: ǯēlge
Nanai: ǯelgẽ
Comments: ТМС 1, 283. Nan. has a secondary vowel shortening (the old length is proved also by the Dagur loanword from TM - ǯēlge, ǯēleg, see Тод. Даг. 143). tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,