мэлхий

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Mongolian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *menekei, compare Kalmyk меклә (meklä), Daur meleg. The -l- may come from a dissimilation of the two nasals.

Astronomical sense may be a semantic loan from Tibetan, see ཀརྐ་ཊ (krka ṭa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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мэлхий (melxii) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠡᠨᠡᠬᠡᠢ (menekei))

  1. frog, toad
  2. (in compounds) small
  3. (astrology) cancer

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