Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ńārī

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

*ń(i)ari (per EDAL)
*ńaira (per Cincius)

Noun

*ńārī

Declension

Declension of *ńārī

	Singular
Nominative	*ńārī
Accusative	*ńārība
Genitive	*ńārīŋī
Dative	*ńārīdua
Locative	*ńārīlā
Ablative	*ńārīdiki
Prolative	*ńārīli
Elative	*ńārīgiʒi
Instrumental	*ńārīʒi
Delative	*ńārīlāki
Directive	*ńārītiki
Comitative	*ńārīgili

Derived terms

*ńārabī
- Jurchenic:
  - Bala: 纳莫 (namo)
  - Jurchen: 捏麻 (niyarma /⁠nie-ma⁠/)
    - Manchu: ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (niyalma)
  - Kyakala: 纳莫 (namo)
- Tungusic:
  - Northern Tungusic:
    - Evenki: нирави (ņirawi)
    - Negidal: нье̄йавӣ (ńējawī)

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: няри (ņari)
  - Oroqen: ɲɪray
  - Solon: nirō
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: ньӣ (ńī)
    - Udihe: нӣ (nī)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: най (naj)
    - Orok: нари (nari)
    - Ulch: н’ӣ (ńī)

References

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 38
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 598-599
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 265.