Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/palụka

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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/palụka

This Proto-Tungusic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Mongolic *haluka or its ancestor, possibly of Indo-European origin.

Compare Mongolian алх (alh), Kazakh балға (balğa), Sanskrit परशु (paraśu, “axe”), Ancient Greek πέλεκυς (pélekus, “axe”), Russian палка (palka).

Noun

*palụka

1. hammer

Descendants

• Northern
  • Even: халка̇ (halkȧ)
  • Evenki: халка (halka)
  • Negidal: [script needed] (halka)
  • Solon: алха (alha)
• Central
  • Oroch: халуа
  • Udihe: халуга
• South-Eastern:
  • Nanai: палоа
  • Orok: пало, [Term?] (paloγa)
  • Ulch: [script needed] (palawun)
• South-Central:
  • Manchu: ᡶᠣᠯᡥᠣ (folho)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov: Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages: Materials for an etymological dictionary] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 313
• Rozycki, William (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 113