Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ʒola

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

See Proto-Turkic *tāĺ (“stone”) for more information.

Noun

*ʒola

stone

Derived terms

*ʒolada- (“to throw”)

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: дёл (ʒol)
  - Evenki: дёло (ʒolo)
  - Negidal: ӡоло (ӡolo)
  - Oroqen: dʒɔlɔ
  - Solon: дёло
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: дёло (ʒolo)
    - Udihe: ӡоло (ʒolo)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: дёло (ʒolo)
    - Orok: ӡоло (ʒolo)
    - Ulch: дёло (ӡolo)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 263
Vasilevič, G. M. (1958) Эвэнкийско-Русский словарь [Evenki-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: GIS, page 113