ʊlgɛn

Oroqen

Alternative forms

  • ülgën

Etymology

Cognate with Orok орге (orge) and Manchu ᡠᠯᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ (ulgiyan).

Noun

ʊlgɛn

  1. pig, swine

Derived terms

  • adirga ʊlgɛn (“boar”)
  • gək ʊlgɛn (“sow”)

References

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