Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ńama

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

Etymology

The exact origin of this noun is unclear. EDAL reconstructs *ńume- and *ńem- and associates them to *ńama. However, Mongolic origin for both *ńume- and *ńem- has been assumed by Doefer.[1]

Adjective

*ńama

  1. warm

Descendants

  • Tungusic:
    • North Tungusic:
      • Even: ням (ņam)
      • Evenki: няма (ņama)
      • Negidal: ньам (ńam)
      • Oroqen: ɲama
      • Solon: namagdi
    • South Tungusic:

References

  1. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, pages 57, 69
  • 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 60
  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 630-631
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