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Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *menekei, compare Kalmyk меклә (meklä), Daur meleg. The -l- may come from a dissimilation of the two nasals.
Astronomical sense may be a semantic loan from Tibetan, see ཀརྐ་ཊ (krka ṭa).
Pronunciation
Noun
мэлхий • (melxii) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠡᠨᠡᠬᠡᠢ (menekei))
- frog, toad
- (in compounds) small
- (astrology) cancer
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