Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/kusǖn

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 Proto-Tungusic *kusǖ- (“to fight”) +‎ *-n.

Noun

*kusǖn

fight
strength, power

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Manchu: [script needed] (xusun)
Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
  - Evenki: [script needed] (kusīn)
  - Even: [script needed] (kusin)
  - Negidal: [script needed] (kusun)
- South Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Udihe: [script needed] (kuhi)
  - South-eastern:
    - Orok: [script needed] (kusu(n))
    - Ulch: [script needed] (kusu(n))
    - Nanai: [script needed] (kusũ)

References

Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kusǖ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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