Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ximansa

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

*ximaŋsa

Etymology

From *xima- +‎ *-nsa.

Noun

*ximansa

snow

Descendants

Northern
- Evenki: имана̄ (imanā)
- Even: емсамла̄н (jemsamlān)
Central
- Oroch: имаса (imasa)
- Udihe: имаха (imaha)
South-Eastern
- Ulch: [script needed] (sịmata)
South-Western
- Jurchen: imanggi, 亦忙吉 (yi-mang-ji /⁠imanggi⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᠨᡳᠮᠠᠩᡤᡳ (nimanggi)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 312-313
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 158.

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