Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/mirkü-

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

Verb

*mirkü- (intransitive)

  1. to creep

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Manchu: ᠮᡳᠴᡠᠮᠪᡳ (micumbi)
  • Tungusic:
    • Northern Tungusic:
      • Even: миркэдэ̄й (mirkədə̄j)
      • Evenki: миркимӣ (mirkimī), милкимӣ (milkimī)
      • Negidal: мӣхи- (mīxi-)
      • Solon: milki-
    • Southern Tungusic:
      • Central:
        • Oroch: мики- (miki-)
        • Udihe: мики- (miki-)
      • South-Eastern:
        • Nanai: муйкӯри (mujkūri)
        • Orok: мӣттувури (mīttuvuri), митувури (mituvuri)
        • Ulch: мичуву (mičuwu)

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
  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 537-538
  • Doerfer, Gerhard, Knüppel, Michael (2004) Etymologisch-ethnologisches Wörterbuch tungusischer Dialekte, Hildesheim: Olms, page 542
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