Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/omŋa-

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

Alternative Reconstructions

*omga- (per Benzing, but unsurely)

Etymology

Has been compared to Proto-Turkic *umnï- (“to forget”).

Verb

*omŋa-

(transitive) to forget

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Manchu: ᠣᠩᡤᠣᠮᠪᡳ (onggombi)
Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
  - Even: омӈада̄й (omŋadāj)
  - Evenki: омӈомӣ (omŋomī)
  - Negidal: оммо-, омӈо-
  - Oroqen: ɔmŋɔ-
  - Solon: ommo-
- South Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: оммо- (ommo-)
    - Udihe: оӈмо- (oŋmo-)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: оӈбори (oŋbori)
    - Orok: омговури (omgowuri), оӈбовури (oŋbowuri)
    - Ulch: оӈбову̇ (oŋbowụ)

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 41
Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 17

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