Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/tomka-

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

According to Doerfer, borrowed from Proto-Mongolic *tomu- (“to twist, spin”).[1] Compare Mongolian томох (tomox).

Verb

*tomka- (transitive)

  1. to spin / twist the thread

See also

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Jurchen: 同谷 (tonggo /⁠tung-gu⁠/, “thread”)
  • Tungusic:
    • North Tungusic:
      • Even: томкада̄й (tomkadāj)
      • Evenki: томкомӣ (tomkomī)
      • Negidal: томко- (tomko-)
      • Solon: toŋxo-
    • South Tungusic:
      • Central:
      • South-Eastern:
        • Nanai: томповори (tompowori)
        • Orok: токповури (tokpovuri), топковури (topkovuri)
        • Ulch: тоӈпову (toŋpowu)

References

  1. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 27
  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 196
  • 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 253.
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