Mongolian etymology : Query result

Proto-Mongolian: *kolta-su, *koli-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 tree bark 2 scales

Russian meaning: 1 древесная кора 2 чешуя

Written Mongolian: qoltusu(n), qoltasu(n) 1 (L 960), qolisu(n) 2 (L 959)

Khalkha: xoltos 1, xolis 2

Buriat: xoltohon 1

Kalmuck: xoltxǝsn 1

Dagur: koldon 'cedar' (Тод. Даг. 150) (?)

Comments: KW 182, 183. Cf. also qol-tul- 'to skin, separate skin, split' (whence Evk. kolto- etc., see Doerfer MT 69), qolu-, qolɣu-, qoluɣa- 'to erase (skin), make a sore', qoluɣanaɣ 'rubbed off spot on skin' (KW 182, 183, L 958). The name of 'cedar' is borrowed in TM (Man. xoldon etc.).