Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/kïmusun

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

The suffix *-sun is a common ending with unclear semantics.

Noun

*kïmusun

1. nail, claw

See also

• *sabar (“claw”)

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠢᠮᠤᠰᠤᠨ (kimusun)
  • Arabic: قيموسون (qimusun) (Muqaddimat)
  • Chinese: 取目速 (qumusu) (Beilu Yiyu), [Han needed] (kimusun), [Han needed] (kimul) (Secret History)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠬᠢᠮᠤᠰᠤ (kimusu)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: хумс (xums)
  • Ordos: /xʊmʊsʊ/
• Buryat: хюмһа(н) (xjumha(n))
  • Khamnigan Mongol: кимусу(н), кимаһо(н)
• Kalmyk: хумсн (xumsn)
• Daur: kimc
• East Yugur: ximisin
• Monguor:
  • Mongghul: qimusi
  • Mangghuer: chenpuzi
• Bonan:
  • Gansu: ghomusung
  • Qinghai: ghomsung
• Kangjia: gimesün, gemesün
• Dongxiang: ghimusun
• Mogholi: qimsun

References

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 413
• Sun Zhu (1990) 蒙古语族语言词典 [Dictionary of Mongolic Languages] (in Chinese), Qinghai, page 389