From Proto-Mongolic *nixe-, compare Buryat нээхэ (neexe), Kalmyk неех (neex), Dongxiang nie.
нээх • (neex) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠡᠭᠡᠭᠡᠬᠦ (negegekü), passive нээгдэх)
- to open
- Synonym: онгойлгох (ongojlgox)
- to crack open, to open up
- to commence (a conference, a meeting)
- to create, to establish (an account, a mine)
- нээлхий (neelxii, “cover, lid”)
- нээлт (neelt, “opening, discovery”)