Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/cïlaxun

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

Compared to Proto-Turkic *tiāĺ (“stone”) (Turkish taş, Chuvash чул (čul, “stone”)), Proto-Tungusic *ʒola (“stone”) (Evenki дёло (ʒolo, “stone”)), Korean 돌 (dol, “stone”) under the discredited Altaic hypothesis. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*cïlaxun

1. stone

See also

• *kada (“boulder”)
• *kürü

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠤᠨ (čilaɣun)
  • Phags-pa: ꡅꡞ
    ꡙ
    ꡖꡟꡋ (č'i-l-'un)
  • Chinese: 赤老文 (赤老文), 赤牢文 (čilaun, “stone, firestone”) (Beilu Yiyu)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠤ (čilaɣu)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: чулуу (čuluu)
  • Ordos: /t͡ʃʰilʊː/
• Buryat: шулуу(н) (šuluu(n))
• Khamnigan Mongol: čiluu(n), čuluu(n)
• Kalmyk: чолун (çolun)
• Daur: coloo
• East Yugur: ciluu
• Kangjia: cilo

References

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 302