Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/üse

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/üse-
This Proto-Tungusic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alternative reconstructions

Reconstruction notes

Given that the expected reflex of PTg is Udihe и (i), Udihe ухи- (uhi-, to sow, to plant a garden), ухи (uhi, garden for cultivating plants) may represent cases of intra-Tungusic borrowing and the inherited reflex in Udihe may be йэу- (jeu-, to grow), given the palatal glide onset. Note however that, even if the majority reflex PTg is и (i) in Oroch, there are a few instances where PTg is retained as u instead, e.g. PTg. *erün (time) as Oroch эрун (erun), PTg *xulbü- (to bind, arrange) as Oroch уббуна (ubbuna-), PTg *xüyegün as Oroch хую(н) (xuju(n)), PTg *tüksa (house cover made of birch bark) as Oroch тукса (tuksa) etc.[2]

Etymology

A zero-derivation of *üse- (to plant, grow).

Noun

*üse

  1. seed, seedling

Declension

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Jurchen: 兀失 (u-ši /⁠usin⁠/)
  • Tungusic:
    • South Tungusic:

References

  1. ^ Andreas Hölzl (2023) “Proto-Tungusic in time and space”, in Tungusic languages: Past and present[1], page 277
  2. ^ Andreas Hölzl (2023) “Proto-Tungusic in time and space”, in Tungusic languages: Past and present[2], page 276
  • Benzing, Johannes (1955) Die tungusischen Sprachen. Versuch einer vergleichenden Grammatik (Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse; 11) (in German), Wiesbaden: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz in Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag, page 30
  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 332
  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 290-291
  • 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 163.