Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ure

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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

Cognates found in Northern and Central Tungusic are well established, however those in Jurchen and Manchu are somewhat difficult to reconcile phonetically. Some hypotheses postulate a Chukotko-Kamchatkan influence in Southern Tungusic. Compare for instance Chukchi выквын (wəkwən, stone), Koryak выввын (wəwwən, stone) and Itelmen вач (vač, rock), from Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *ɣəv(ɣəv) (stone).[1]

Noun

*ure

  1. mountain

Descendants

  • Northern
    • Evenki: урэ (urə)
    • Even: урэкчэн (urəkcən)
    • Oroqen: urə
  • Central
  • South-Eastern
  • (?) South-Western
    • Jurchen: wehe (stone), 兀黑 (wu-hei /⁠uhe⁠/, stone)

References

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander (2006) “Why Manchu and Jurchen Look So Un-Tungusic”, in Alessandra Pozzi, Juha Janhunen and Michael Weiers, editors, Tumen jalafun secen aku. Manchu Studies in Honour of Giovanni Stary, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pages 255-266.
  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 289
  • 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 161.
  • Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.