Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/irge

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

Noun

*irge

  1. brain

Descendants

  • Northern:
    • Even: иргэ (irgə)
    • Evenki: иргэ (irgə)
    • Oroqen: irgə
  • Central:
    • Oroch: иггэ (iggä)
    • Udihe: иги (igi)
  • South-Eastern:
    • Nanai: ӣгэ (īge)
    • Orok: ӣдэ (īdə)
    • Ulch: иде (iʒe)

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 48
  • J.A. Alonso de la Fuente, "Written Manchu uju 'head'", 2010.
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