The saber is called loho in Manchu. Various old dictionaries give terms for the different parts of the saber. For this glossary, I used a five language dictionary published around 1790.

It misses some important terms like those for blade and grip, which I will later add from a Kangxi period dictionary.

Loho

Loho

 
Manchu saber glossary

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English

 

Manchu (Möllendorff transliteration)

 

 

 

 

1

Guard

  garin
2

Ferrule

  guye

3

Pommel

  fesin-i toldohon

4

Collarpiece

  ulhun

5

Scabbard

  homhon
6

Scabbard end pieces

  dubei toldohon
7

Suspension bands

  tebeliyeku
8

Suspension bar

  sirdan sele
 

Saber lanyard

  turu
 

Washer at tang end

  anggûta

 

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Other saber related terms

The terms are from a 1704 Chinese-Manchu dictionary. 2

G'angga loho: Steel saber
Boobai loho: Precious saber

Jeyen: Saber point
Gencehen: Saber back
Jafakū: Saber handle
Kuhen: Saber groove

Muheren: Saber ring
Ulikū: Saber drawing hand
Toldohon: Saber hilt bands

Jeyen sendejehe: Saber edge collapsed
Jeyen nitarkan: Saber edge rolled up
Sebdekehe: Saber surface rusted
Mersenehe: Saber surface patterned

Sacimbi: Chop with a saber
Gencehelembi: Strike with back of saber
Goqimbi: Pull saber
Qulhūmbi? Qolhūmbi?: Brandish saber
Maksimbi: Raise saber
Lumbi?: Play with saber
Homholombi: Insert saber
Erhelembi: Pull saber
Oksibumbi: Shed the scabbard
Hatambi: Dip the point

 


Notes
1. Terms are taken from the Wuti Qingwen Jian (五體清文鑑) or "Five languages compendium", a Qing imperial dictionary in Manchu, Mongolian, Uighur, Tibetan and Chinese of circa 1790.
2. Tóng wén guǎng huì quánshū (同文广汇全书). A Qing imperial dictionary of Manchu and Chinese of 1704.

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