Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/silekse

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

*silegse (per Benzing)

Etymology

From *sile- +‎ *-k-se.

Has been compared to Proto-Mongolic *sixüderin (“dew”) by Rozycki. (see Mongolian шүүдэр (šüüder)).

Noun

*silekse

dew

Declension

Declension of *silekse

	Singular
Nominative	*silekse
Accusative	*sileksebe
Genitive	*silekseŋī
Dative	*sileksedüe
Locative	*silekselē
Ablative	*sileksediki
Prolative	*silekseli
Elative	*sileksegiʒi
Instrumental	*silekseʒi
Delative	*silekselēki
Directive	*sileksetiki
Comitative	*sileksegili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: 失雷 (silenggi /⁠ši-lei⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᠰᡳᠯᡝᠩᡤᡳ (silenggi)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: хилэс (hiləs)
  - Evenki: силэксэ (siləksə), силиксэ (siliksə), силэвсэ (siləwsə), силэхэ (siləhə), хилэксэ (hiləksə)
  - Negidal: силэхсэ (silexse)
  - Oroqen: ʃiləkʃə
  - Solon: šiliški
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: силэӈсэ (sileŋse)
    - Udihe: силиhэ (silihe), силиэ (silie)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: силэмсэ (silemse)
    - Orok: силэскэ (siləskə)
    - Ulch: силэмсэ (silemse)

References

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 70
Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 85-86
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 137.
Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 237