Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ineŋī

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

Derived from *ine- (“to dawn, begin (of day)”) +‎ *-ŋī. Perhaps *-ŋī is a genitive suffix.

Also compare *inde- (“to spend a day”).

Noun

*ineŋī

day

Related terms

*ine- (“to dawn, begin (of day)”)

Declension

Declension of *ineŋī

	Singular
Nominative	*ineŋī
Accusative	*ineŋībe
Genitive	*ineŋīŋī
Dative	*ineŋīdüe
Locative	*ineŋīlē
Ablative	*ineŋīdiki
Prolative	*ineŋīli
Elative	*ineŋīgiʒi
Instrumental	*ineŋīʒi
Delative	*ineŋīlēki
Directive	*ineŋītiki
Comitative	*ineŋīgili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Bala: 依能吉 (yinengji)
- Jurchen: 亦能吉 (inenggi /⁠i-neng-gi⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᡳᠨᡝᠩᡤᡳ (inenggi)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: инэ̇ӈ (inə̇ŋ)
  - Evenki: инэӈӣ (inəŋī)
  - Negidal: инэӈи (ineŋi)
  - Oroqen: inəŋ
  - Solon: ineɣi, ineŋi
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: инэӈи (ineŋi)
    - Udihe: инэӈи (ineŋi)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: ини (ini)
    - Orok: инэӈи (ineŋi)
    - Ulch: инэӈи (ineŋi)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 38-39
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 141.