Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/gurban

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 : *gurban     Ordinal : *gutuxar     Distributive : *gurbaxad     Collective : *gurbaxulan

Etymology

Contains the *-ban suffix, which can be seen in some of numbers. Compare Khitan 𘯙 (hur).

Numeral

*gurban

1. three

Related terms

• *gucïn (“thirty”)
• *gutuxar (“third”)
• *gunan (“three-year-old”)

See also

• *dörben (“four”)
• *tabun (“five”)

Descendants

• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠭᠤᠷᠪᠠ (ɣurba)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: гурав (gurav)
  • Ordos: /gurwa/
• Buryat: гурбан (gurban)
• Daur: guarebe
• Kalmyk: һурвн (ğurvn)
• East Yugur:
• Monguor:
  • Mangghuer: ghuerbang
  • Mongghul: ghuran
• Bonan:
  • Gansu: [Term?]
  • Qinghai: [Term?]
• Kangjia:
• Dongxiang: ghuran
• Mogholi:

Further reading

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 344