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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ure
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
- mountain
Descendants
- Northern
- Evenki: урэ (urə)
- Even: урэкчэн (urəkcən)
- Oroqen: urə
- Central
- Oroch: увэ (uve), уэ (ue)
- Udihe: вэ (ve), уэ (ue)
- South-Eastern
- Nanai: хурэ̄н (xurēn)
- Orok: хурэ (xure)
- Ulch: хурэ (xure)
- (?) South-Western
- Jurchen: wehe (“stone”), 兀黑 (wu-hei /uhe/, “stone”)
- Manchu: ᠸᡝᡥᡝ (wehe, “stone”)
- Jurchen: wehe (“stone”), 兀黑 (wu-hei /uhe/, “stone”)
References
- 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) 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 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