Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/umi-

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

Perhaps related with Mongolian ундаа (undaa, “drink, beverage”).[1]

Verb

*umi-

  1. (transitive) to drink

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Jurchen: 兀迷 (omi- /⁠u-mi⁠/)
  • Tungusic:
    • Northern Tungusic:
      • Evenki: уммӣ (ummī)
      • Negidal: ом- (om-)
      • Oroqen: um-
    • Southern Tungusic:
      • Central:
        • Oroch: ими- (imi-)
        • Udihe: уми- (umi-)
      • South-Eastern:
        • Nanai: омиори (omiori)
        • Orok: у́ми́вури (úmívuri)
        • Ulch: у̇му̇ву̇ (ụmụwụ)

References

  1. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 40
  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 266
  • 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 346.
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