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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/biriken
Proto-Tungusic
Etymology
From Proto-Tungusic *biri- (“to lay planks”) + *-ken
Noun
*biriken
- planking
- tent, construction
- fence
Descendants
- Even: [script needed] (birken)
- Manchu: [script needed] (bireken)
References
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*biri-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill