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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/silapūn

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

  • *silabun (per EDAL)
  • *silepǖn (per Benzing as an alternate form)

Etymology

Derived from *sila- (to roast on a spit, put on a spit) + *-pūn. The deriving stem *sila- has been compared to Turkic and Mongolic. [1] Compare Proto-Turkic *sīĺ (tooth; sharp stick) and Proto-Mongolic *sidün (tooth).

Noun

*silapūn

  1. spit

Declension

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Manchu: [script needed] (šolon)
  • Tungusic:
    • North Tungusic:
      • Even: хилун (hilun)
      • Evenki: силавун (silawun)
      • Negidal: силавун (silawun)
    • South Tungusic:
      • Central:
        • Oroch: сило̄(н) (silō(n))
        • Udihe: силоу(н) (silou(n))
      • South-Eastern:
        • Nanai: силпон (silpon)
        • Orok: си́лопу́(н-) (sịlopụ(n))
        • Ulch: си̇лопу̇(н) (sịlopụ(n))

References

  1. Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 240
  • 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 82
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20) (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 325-326
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