Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/dēre

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

Noun

*dēre

face

Declension

Declension of *dēre

	Singular
Nominative	*dēre
Accusative	*dērebe
Genitive	*dēreŋī
Dative	*dēredüe
Locative	*dērelē
Ablative	*dērediki
Prolative	*dēreli
Elative	*dēregiʒi
Instrumental	*dēreʒi
Delative	*dērelēki
Directive	*dēretiki
Comitative	*dēregili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: 得勒 (dere /⁠de-le⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᡩ᠋ᡝ᠋ᡵᡝ (dere)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: дэрэ (dərə)
  - Evenki: дэрэ (dərə)
  - Negidal: дэғэл (deɣel)
  - Oroqen: dərə
  - Solon: derel
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: дэ̄ (dē)
    - Udihe: дэгди (degdi) (< *dejegdi < *deregdi)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: дэрэл (derel) (< *dērel (pl.))
    - Orok: дэрэ (dərə), дэрэл (dərəl) (< *dērel (pl.))
    - Ulch: дэрэҕ (dereɣ)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 236
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 316.