Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/gara

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

Connected with Proto-Mongolic *gar (hand, arm) (see Mongolian гар (gar)) by Rozycki.

Noun

*gara

  1. branch, bough

Declension

Descendants

  • Northern
    • Even: гар (gar)
    • Evenki: гара (gara)
    • Negidal: гайа (gaja)
    • Solon: гар (gar), гара (gara)
  • Central
  • South-Eastern:
  • South-Central:

References

  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 141
  • Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, pages 123-124