mʊrɪn

Oroqen

Alternative forms

mürïn

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *murin. Cognate with Manchu ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ (morin), Evenki мурин (murin), Solon moring.

Noun

mʊrɪn

1. horse

Derived terms

• adirga mʊrɪn (“stallion”)
• gək mʊrɪn (“mare”)

References

• Li, Fengxiang and Lindsay J. Whaley, Oroqen vocabulary, in Martin Haspelmath & Uri Tadmor (editors), World Loanword Database, Munich: Max Planck Digital Library (2009)