Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/börge

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

Adjective

*börge

  1. thick, fat

Derived terms

  • *börkekǖn

Descendants

  • Northern:
    • Evenki: бургу (burgu)
    • Oroqen: bulgu
    • Solon: [script needed] (bürgü)
  • South-Eastern:
    • Nanai: буйгу (bujgu)
    • Orok: [script needed] (böddö)

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 48
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