Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xörümi

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 *xörü- +‎ *-mi (“adjective-forming suffix”).

Adjective

*xörümi

short
Antonym: *ŋōlimi

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic: *xörümikün
  - Even: урумкун (urumkun)
  - Evenki: урумкӯн (urumkūn)
  - Negidal: уюмкун (ujumkun)
  - Oroqen: wurumkun
  - Solon: uruŋku
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central: *xörümičēkēn (diminutive)
    - Oroch: умача (umača), уми (umi)
    - Udihe: умача (umača)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: хурми (hurmi), хуруми (hurumi)
    - Orok: хурдуми (hurdumi), хумурудумэ (humurudumə)
    - Ulch: хурми (xurmi)

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 90
Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 287-288