Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/temü

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

*tēmu (per EDAL)
*temö (per Doerfer & Knüppel)

Noun

*temü

raft
boat
Synonym: *ʒabi

Declension

Declension of *temü

	Singular
Nominative	*temü
Accusative	*temübe
Genitive	*temüŋī
Dative	*temüdüe
Locative	*temülē
Ablative	*temüdiki
Prolative	*temüli
Elative	*temügiʒi
Instrumental	*temüʒi
Delative	*temülēki
Directive	*temütiki
Comitative	*temügili

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: тэм (təm)
  - Evenki: тэ̄му (tə̄mu), тэ̄м (tə̄m)
  - Negidal: тэм (tem)
  - Oroqen: təm
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: тэму (temu)
    - Udihe: тэмтигэ (temtige)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: тэму (temu)
    - Orok: тэму(н) (təmu(n))
    - Ulch: тэму (temu)

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 31
Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 234
Doerfer, Gerhard, Knüppel, Michael (2004) Etymologisch-ethnologisches Wörterbuch tungusischer Dialekte, Hildesheim: Olms, page 803