Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/kȫrge

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

Borrowed from Proto-Mongolic *köxürge (bellows).[1][2] Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kȫrük (bellows). Compare Mongolian хөөрөг (xöörög) and Turkish körük.

Noun

*kȫrge

  1. bellows

Declension

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Manchu: ᡥᡠᠵᡠᡴᡠ (hujuku)
  • Tungusic:
    • Northern Tungusic:
      • Even: көргэ (körgə)
      • Evenki: кургэ (kurgə)
      • Negidal: кӯйгэ (kūjge)
    • Southern Tungusic:
      • Central:
        • Oroch: кӯгэ (kūge)
        • Udihe: кугэ (kuge)
      • South-Eastern:
        • Nanai: куэгэ (kuege)
        • Orok: ко̄до (kōdo), кӯдду (kūddu)
        • Ulch: куэде (kueʒe)

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, pages 153-154
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 18
  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 435-436