Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/amban

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 sense of "tiger" in some descendants is probably a referring to tigers' enormity and size.

Noun

*amban

evil spirit, fiend
(?) tiger

Declension

Declension of *amban

	Singular
Nominative	*amban
Accusative	*ambanba
Genitive	*ambanŋī
Dative	*ambandua
Locative	*ambanlā
Ablative	*ambandiki
Prolative	*ambanli
Elative	*ambangiʒi
Instrumental	*ambanʒi
Delative	*ambanlāki
Directive	*ambantiki
Comitative	*ambangili

Adjective

*amban

big, grat, large

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: 昂八 (amba /⁠ang-ba⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᠠᠮᠪᠠ (amba)
  - → Mongolian: амба (amba)^[1]
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Negidal: амбан (amban)
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: амба (amba)
    - Udihe: амба (amba)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: амба̄н (ambān)
    - Orok: амба(н-) (amba(n-))
    - Ulch: амба(н-) (amba(n-))

References

^ Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 30

Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 36-37
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 371.

[1] Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 30

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