Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *oKurga
Meaning: loop, snare
Russian meaning: петля, силок
Evenki: okurga, ukurga
Literary Manchu: χurGa, χurqa
Comments: ТМС 2, 352-353. The Manchu form is obviously = Evk. okurga, ukurga and thus, despite Rozycki 112, has nothing to do with MMong. xuraqa - on which see under *p`ŭrVk`V. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-man,tunget-reference,