Comments:EAS 114, KW 208, Poppe 70, Robbeets 2000, 111. Mong., with a strange reflex of *h- in Southern dialects (opposed to 0- in MMong.) may in fact reflect a contamination: cf. Evk. heŋne- 'to laugh' (see under *p`éŋi). In any case, despite Doerfer MT 23, the TM root is hardly < Mong.