Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/ab-

This Proto-Mongolic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Mongolic

Etymology

Tentatively connected with Khitan (aû), a hapax legomena, by Yingzhe and Janhunen.

Verb

*ab-

1. to take

Antonyms

• *ög- (“to give”)

Derived terms

• ? *abaldu- (“to wrestle”)
• *abcïra- (“to bring”)
• *abuca (“handful”)

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian script: ᠠᠪᠬᠤᠢ (abqui)
  • Phags-pa script: ꡝꡎ (ʾb-)
  • Arabic script: اب (ab-)
  • Han script: (ab-)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠠᠪᠬᠤ (abqu)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: авах (avax)
  • Ordos: /ab-/
• Kalmyk: авх (avx)
• Buryat: абаха (abaxa)
• Khamnigan Mongol: abaxu
• Daur: augw
• East Yugur: abqi
• Monguor:
  • Mongghul: awu
  • >? Mangghuer: hegh
• Bonan:
  • Gansu: ap, ape
  • Qinghai: ab, abe
• Kangjia: abi
• ?Dongxiang: agi
• Mogholi: abku, obku

References

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 263