“Монголын Нууц Товчоон”-ы “iloγa” гэх үгийг шинжлэх нь

An Analysis of the Word iloγa in The Secret History of the Mongols

Abstract

There are three words rooted from “iloγa” in The Secret History of the Mongols, which are “iloγadqu” and “iloγadba” in §174, “ iloγatuju” in §188. Scholars have different interpretations of these three characters, and to date, there is no view that associates the etymological roots of these characters with insect. The “iloγadqu” and “ iloγadba” are interpreted as “infringe”, “fight”, “stir... up”, etc., and “iloγatuju” is generally interpreted as related to the root “ilaγa”. In this article, we consider that the root of the three words is “ iloγa” instead of “ ilaγa”. The “iloγatuju” in §188 is the original meaning of the word “iloγa”, while the “iloγadqu” and “ iloγadba” in §174 are the extended meanings of the word . Furthermore, we consider that the roots of the words such as “ilaγuγsan” “ ilaγuγči” that appeared frequently in ancient Mongolian literature and “ iloγaxu [jɔlɔ:x]” in the Khorchin dialect are also “ iloγa”.
Keywords: The Secret History of the Mongols; iloγa-; transition of vowel i ; Noun-Verb Concurrence