Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xeńümi

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

Adjective

*xeńümi

  1. light (not heavy)

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Manchu: ᠸᡝᡳᡥᡠᡴᡝᠨ (weihuken)
  • Tungusic:
    • Northern Tungusic: *xeńümikün
      • Even: эюм (əjum), эюмкун (əjumkun)
      • Evenki: энӣмкӯн (əņīmkūn), эӣмкӯн (əjīmkūn)
      • Negidal: эньимкун (eńimkun), эньэмкун (eńemkun)
      • Oroqen: əyəmkun
    • Southern Tungusic:
      • Central:
        • Oroch: энимуса (enimusa), энимэсэ (enimese)
        • Udihe: энимэсэ (enimese)
      • South-Eastern:
        • Nanai: хэню (henju)
        • Orok: хэнули (hənuli), хэнуми (hənumi)
        • Ulch: хэн’умули (xeńumuli)

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 38
  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 455-456
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