Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ŋēle-

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Proto-Tungusic

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Etymology

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Perhaps compare Jurchen 迥羅沽 (go-lo-ho).

Verb

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*ŋēle-

  1. (intransitive) to be scared, frightened

Descendants

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References

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  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 667-669
  • Kane, Daniel (1989) The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 300.