Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/niken

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

Proto-Mongolic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *niken

Etymology

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Numeral

*niken

  1. one

Alternative reconstructions

  • *nigen

Descendants

  • Middle Mongol:
    Mongolian Script: ᠨ᠋ᠢᠬᠡᠨ (niken)
    Hanzi Script: 你刊 (nǐ-kān /⁠niken⁠/) (Secret History), 一 (/⁠*niken⁠/)
    Arabic Script: نیکان (nykʾn /⁠niken⁠/) (Kitab-i Tarjuman, Muqaddimat al-Adab)
    ʼPhags-pa script: ꡋꡞ
    ꡁꡦꡋ     (ni-k'en /⁠niken⁠/), ꡋꡞ
    ꡂꡦꡋ     (ni-gen /⁠nigen⁠/)
    • Central Mongolic: *nige(n), *nege(n)
      • Classical Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠭᠡ (nige)
      • Written Oirat:
    • Daur: nəgə, nəkən
    • Southern Mongolic:
      • East Yugur: neɣe, niɣe
      • Shirongolic:
        • Bonan: nəgə
        • Dongxiang: nie
        • Kangjia: nəgə
        • Monguor: niχɔ
          • Mangghuer: nəge
          • Mongghul: nigi, nigə
    • → Kazakh: некен (neken, “alone”)
  • Mogholi: نكه

Further reading

  • Nugteren, Hans (2011), Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 460
  • Sanžejev, G. D.; Orlovskaja, M. N.; Ševernina, Z. V. (2016), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 198
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