Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xeye-

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

Verb

*xeye- (intransitive)

  1. to sink
  2. to flow, float

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Jurchen: 額因 (eye- /⁠e-in⁠/)
  • Tungusic:
    • Northern Tungusic:
    • Southern Tungusic:
      • Central:
        • Oroch: эйэ- (eje-)
        • Udihe: эйэ- (eje-)
      • South-Eastern:
        • Nanai: хэери (hejeri)
        • Orok: хэембури (həemburi)
        • Ulch: хэйэмбуву (xejembuwu)

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 50
  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 440-442
  • 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 170.
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