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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/muire
Proto-Tungusic
Etymology
Compare Proto-Mongolic *möre, Mongolian мөр (mör).
Noun
*muire
- shoulder
Descendants
- Northern
- Even: мӣрэ (mīrə), мирэ (mirə)
- Evenki: мӣр (mīr)
- Negidal: [script needed] (mĩjə)
- Oroqen: mi꞉rə
- Solon: мӣрэ (mīrə), мӣри (mīri)
- → Daur: miir
- Central
- Oroch: мие
- Udihe: мё (“neck”)
- South-Eastern:
- Nanai: нгуйрэ, муйрэ
- Orok: мујрэ
- Ulch: [script needed] (ŋujrə)
- South-Western:
- Jurchen: meire
- Manchu: ᠮᡝᡳᡵᡝᠨ (meiren)
- Jurchen: meire
References
- Cincius, V. I. (1975) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov: Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages: Materials for an etymological dictionary] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 538
- Rozycki, William (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 207