Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/soŋa-

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

Verb

*soŋa- (intransitive)

  1. to weep, cry

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Jurchen: 宋谷必 (songgo- /⁠sung-gu-bi⁠/)
  • Tungusic:
    • North Tungusic:
    • South Tungusic:
      • Central:
        • Oroch: соӈо- (soŋgo-)
        • Udihe: соӈо- (soŋgo-)
      • South-Eastern:
        • Nanai: соӈори (soŋori)
        • Orok: соӈговури (soŋgovuri), соӈовури (soŋovuri)
        • Ulch: соӈгову (soŋgowu)

References

  • Vovin, Alexander, Janhunen, Juha, de la Fuente, José Andrés Alonso (2023) The Tungusic Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), Abingdon: Routledge, pages 46-47
  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 111-112
  • 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 290.