Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/axuskï

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

Noun

*axuskï

1. lungs

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian: ᠠᠭᠤᠰᠬᠢ (aɣuski)
  • Arabic:
    • Leiden manuscript: اَوُسکیْ (/⁠awuski⁠/), اووسقی (/⁠awusqi⁠/)
    • Rasulid Hexaglot اوساي (corrected as اوسغي* (/⁠ausγi⁠/) or *اوسكي (/⁠auski⁠/))
  • Chinese:
    • Beilu Yiyu: 襖失乞／袄失乞 (ao-shi-qi)
    • Secret History: [Term?] (/⁠a’uśgi)⁠/)
    • Zhiyuan Yiyu: [script needed] (ngao-lou-ki)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠠᠭᠤᠰᠬᠢ (aɣuski)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: уушги (uušgi)
  • Ordos: /ʊːʃki/, /ʊːʃigi/
• Kalmyk: оошк (ooşk)
• Buryat: уушха(н) (uušxa(n))
• Khamnigan Mongol: uudki, uutki
• Daur: aurky
• East Yugur: uushghan
• Monguor:
  • Mongghul: oosgi, oosgu
  • Mangghuer: [Term?] (oshki)
• Bonan:
  • Gansu: oshighei, osrghi
  • Qinghai: oxshe
• Dongxiang: ushigvei (“heart”)
• Mogholi: ilkan (“heart”)

References

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 275
• Sun Zhu (1990) 蒙古语族语言词典 [Dictionary of Mongolic Languages] (in Chinese), Qinghai, page 664