Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xeripǖn

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

Derived from *xeri- (“to shovel”) +‎ *-pǖn.

Noun

*xeripǖn

shovel

Declension

Declension of *xeripǖn

	Singular
Nominative	*xeripǖn
Accusative	*xeripǖnbe
Genitive	*xeripǖnŋī
Dative	*xeripǖndüe
Locative	*xeripǖnlē
Ablative	*xeripǖndiki
Prolative	*xeripǖnli
Elative	*xeripǖngiʒi
Instrumental	*xeripǖnʒi
Delative	*xeripǖnlēki
Directive	*xeripǖntiki
Comitative	*xeripǖngili

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: эрун (ərun)
  - Evenki: э̄рӣвӯн (ə̄rīwūn), э̄рӣбӯн (ə̄rībūn)
  - Negidal: эйивун (ejiwun)
  - Solon: erun
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Udihe: эйу (eju)
    - Udihe: эеу (eju)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: хэрпун (herpun)
    - Orok: хэрипу(н) (həripu(n))
    - Ulch: хэрпу(н) (xerpu(n))

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 63
Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 462