Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/sian
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This Proto-Tungusic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Tungusic
Etymology
Connected to Proto-Mongolic *sïnaxa (“temple, cheek”) by Ramstedt, compare Mongolian шанаа (šanaa).
Noun
*sian
Descendants
- Northern
- Central
- Oroch: се(н)
- South-Eastern:
- South-Central:
References
- Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 70-71
- Kane, Daniel (1989) The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 314.