Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/tari

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

From *ta- +‎ *-ri. Comparable to Proto-Mongolic *te-re (“that”) and Proto-Turkic *tẹ (“that”).

Pronoun

*tari

that

Inflection

Declension of *tari

nominative	*tari
accusative	*tarāba
dative	*tardua
locative	*tarlā
ablative	*tarduki
prolative	*tarlī
directive	*tartikī
instrumental	*tariʒi
elative	*targiʒi

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Bala: 特勒 (tele)
- Manchu: ᡨᡝ᠋ᡵᡝ (tere)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: та̄р (tār)
  - Evenki: тар (tar)
  - Negidal: тай (taj)
  - Oroqen: tarɪ
  - Solon: tari
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: тэи (tei)
    - Udihe: тэйи (teji)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: тэй (tej)
    - Orok: та̄ри́ (tārí)
    - Ulch: та̄ву̇ (tāwụ), ти̇ (tị)

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 113
Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 164-167