"мэлхий" meaning in Mongolian

See мэлхий in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /miɮxi/ [Ulaanbaatar], [miɬˈçi] [Ulaanbaatar] Forms: melxii [romanization], ᠮᠡᠨᠡᠬᠡᠢ [Mongolian]
Etymology: From Proto-Mongolic *menekei, compare Kalmyk меклә (meklä), Daur meleg. The -l- may come from a dissimilation of the two nasals. Astronomical sense may be a semantic loan from Tibetan, see ཀརྐ་ཊ (krka ṭa). Etymology templates: {{inh|mn|xgn-pro|*menekei}} Proto-Mongolic *menekei, {{cog|xal|меклә}} Kalmyk меклә (meklä), {{cog|dta|meleg}} Daur meleg, {{sl|mn|bo|-|nocap=1}} semantic loan from Tibetan Head templates: {{mn-noun|m|ᠮᠡᠨᠡᠬᠡᠢ}} мэлхий • (melxii) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠡᠨᠡᠬᠡᠢ (menekei))
  1. frog, toad
    Sense id: en-мэлхий-mn-noun-CLIZ6WaZ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Amphibians Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 14 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 31 36 Disambiguation of Amphibians: 47 26 26
  2. (in compounds) small Tags: in-compounds Synonyms (small): бага (baga), жижиг (žižig)
    Sense id: en-мэлхий-mn-noun-gduOu7vG Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 14 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 31 36 Disambiguation of 'small': 0 100 0
  3. (astrology) cancer Synonyms (cancer): хавч (xavč)
    Sense id: en-мэлхий-mn-noun-VgCumbFO Categories (other): Astrology, Mongolian entries with incorrect language header, Mongolian terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Mongolian entries with incorrect language header: 26 7 67 Disambiguation of Mongolian terms with redundant script codes: 26 7 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 14 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 31 36 Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'cancer': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: яст мэлхий (jast melxii) (english: tortoise) Related terms: шанаган хорхой (šanagan xorxoj)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "tortoise",
      "roman": "jast melxii",
      "word": "яст мэлхий"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
        "2": "xgn-pro",
        "3": "*menekei"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mongolic *menekei",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xal",
        "2": "меклә"
      },
      "expansion": "Kalmyk меклә (meklä)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dta",
        "2": "meleg"
      },
      "expansion": "Daur meleg",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
        "2": "bo",
        "3": "-",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "semantic loan from Tibetan",
      "name": "sl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Mongolic *menekei, compare Kalmyk меклә (meklä), Daur meleg. The -l- may come from a dissimilation of the two nasals.\nAstronomical sense may be a semantic loan from Tibetan, see ཀརྐ་ཊ (krka ṭa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "melxii",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᠮᠡᠨᠡᠬᠡᠢ",
      "roman": "menekei",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "ᠮᠡᠨᠡᠬᠡᠢ"
      },
      "expansion": "мэлхий • (melxii) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠡᠨᠡᠬᠡᠢ (menekei))",
      "name": "mn-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Mongolian",
  "lang_code": "mn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "šanagan xorxoj",
      "word": "шанаган хорхой"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 14 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 31 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 26 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mn",
          "name": "Amphibians",
          "orig": "mn:Amphibians",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frog, toad"
      ],
      "id": "en-мэлхий-mn-noun-CLIZ6WaZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "frog",
          "frog"
        ],
        [
          "toad",
          "toad"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 14 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 31 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small"
      ],
      "id": "en-мэлхий-mn-noun-gduOu7vG",
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in compounds) small"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "roman": "baga",
          "sense": "small",
          "word": "бага"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "roman": "žižig",
          "sense": "small",
          "word": "жижиг"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mn",
          "name": "Astrology",
          "orig": "mn:Astrology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 7 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mongolian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 7 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 14 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 31 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cancer"
      ],
      "id": "en-мэлхий-mn-noun-VgCumbFO",
      "links": [
        [
          "astrology",
          "astrology"
        ],
        [
          "cancer",
          "cancer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astrology) cancer"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "roman": "xavč",
          "sense": "cancer",
          "word": "хавч"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astrology",
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/miɮxi/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulaanbaatar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[miɬˈçi]",
      "tags": [
        "Ulaanbaatar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "мэлхий"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Mongolian 2-syllable words",
    "Mongolian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Mongolian lemmas",
    "Mongolian nouns",
    "Mongolian semantic loans from Tibetan",
    "Mongolian terms derived from Proto-Mongolic",
    "Mongolian terms derived from Tibetan",
    "Mongolian terms inherited from Proto-Mongolic",
    "Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "mn:Amphibians"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "tortoise",
      "roman": "jast melxii",
      "word": "яст мэлхий"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
        "2": "xgn-pro",
        "3": "*menekei"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mongolic *menekei",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xal",
        "2": "меклә"
      },
      "expansion": "Kalmyk меклә (meklä)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dta",
        "2": "meleg"
      },
      "expansion": "Daur meleg",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
        "2": "bo",
        "3": "-",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "semantic loan from Tibetan",
      "name": "sl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Mongolic *menekei, compare Kalmyk меклә (meklä), Daur meleg. The -l- may come from a dissimilation of the two nasals.\nAstronomical sense may be a semantic loan from Tibetan, see ཀརྐ་ཊ (krka ṭa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "melxii",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᠮᠡᠨᠡᠬᠡᠢ",
      "roman": "menekei",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "ᠮᠡᠨᠡᠬᠡᠢ"
      },
      "expansion": "мэлхий • (melxii) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠡᠨᠡᠬᠡᠢ (menekei))",
      "name": "mn-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Mongolian",
  "lang_code": "mn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "šanagan xorxoj",
      "word": "шанаган хорхой"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "frog, toad"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frog",
          "frog"
        ],
        [
          "toad",
          "toad"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "small"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in compounds) small"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "mn:Astrology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cancer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astrology",
          "astrology"
        ],
        [
          "cancer",
          "cancer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astrology) cancer"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astrology",
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/miɮxi/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulaanbaatar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[miɬˈçi]",
      "tags": [
        "Ulaanbaatar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "baga",
      "sense": "small",
      "word": "бага"
    },
    {
      "roman": "žižig",
      "sense": "small",
      "word": "жижиг"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xavč",
      "sense": "cancer",
      "word": "хавч"
    }
  ],
  "word": "мэлхий"
}

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