Buryat

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Noun

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хулгана (xulgana)

  1. mouse

Mongolian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Mongolic *kulugana, equivalent to хул (xul, beige) +‎ -гана (-gana), or alternatively derived from хулгах (xulgax, to avoid, to steal).

Compare East Yugur xunlagh.

Noun

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хулгана (xulgana) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠤᠯᠤᠭᠠᠨ᠎ᠠ (quluɣan-a)); (regular declension)

  1. mouse
  2. (astrology) rat
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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хулгана (xulgana)

  1. durative tense in -на (-na) of хулгах (xulgax, to avoid, to steal)