Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xalāči-

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 *xalā- +‎ *-či.

Verb

*xalāči- (transitive)

to await

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: 阿力 (aliya- /⁠a-li⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠮᠪᡳ (aliyambi)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: ала̄тта̄й (alāttāj)
  - Evenki: ала̄тмӣ (alātmī)
  - Negidal: ала̄т- (alāt-), ала̄ч- (alāč-)
  - Solon: alaši-
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: аласи- (alasi-)
    - Udihe: аласи- (alasi-)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: халачиори (halačiori)
    - Orok: хала̄тчивури (halātčivuri), хала̄чивури (halāčivuri)
    - Ulch: халачу̇ву̇ (xalačụwụ)

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 45
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 29-30
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 269.