Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ga-

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

Alternative reconstructions

Verb

*ga- (transitive)

  1. to take
    Synonym: *ali-

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Manchu: ᡤᠠᡳ᠌ᠮᠪᡳ (gaimbi)
  • Tungusic:
    • Northern Tungusic:
    • Southern Tungusic:
      • Central:
        • Oroch: га- (ga-)
        • Udihe: га- (ga-)
      • South-Eastern:
        • Nanai: гаори (gaori)
        • Orok: га̄ури (gāuri)
        • Ulch: гаву̇ (gawụ)

References

  1. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 239
  • 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 127
  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 133-134