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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/sele
Proto-Tungusic
Noun
*sele
- iron
- metal
Derived terms
- *seleme (“iron”, adj.)
Descendants
- Northern
- Even: хэл (həl)
- Evenki: сэлэ (sələ), хэлэ (hələ), шэлэ (şələ)
- Negidal: [script needed] (sələ)
- Oroqen: ʃələ
- Solon: сэлэ (sələ)
- Central
- Oroch: сэлэ
- Udihe: сэлэ
- South-Eastern:
- Nanai: сэлэ
- Orok: сэлэ
- Ulch: [script needed] (сэлэ)
- South-Western:
- Manchu: ᠰᡝᠯᡝ (sele)
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 140
- Rozycki, William (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 232