Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/usun

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

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Reconstruction

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The initial q- of East Yugur is possibly a hypercorrection of initial h- which is itself secondary. Disappearance of -n in Bonan and Dongxiang is irregular.

Etymology

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*-sun possibly represents a suffix denoting "liquids". Compare *čïsun (blood), *üsün (milk), *časun (snow), *nïsun (snot), and *tosun (oil). Also connected with *yasun (bone) by Juha Janhunen suggesting a close connection between between "bone" and "bone marrow" in early nomadic societies. [1]

Noun

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*usun

  1. water

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 535
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1963) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 16)‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 167

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