Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/nemkǖn

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

Etymology

From *nem- +‎ *-kǖn. Possibly related to Proto-Mongolic *nimgen (“thin”). Compare Mongolian нимгэн (nimgen).

Adjective

*nemkǖn

  1. thin
    Antonym: *börge

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Jurchen: 捏克葉 (nekeliyen /⁠nie-ke-ye⁠/)
  • Tungusic:
    • Northern Tungusic:
      • Even: нэмкун (nəmkun)
      • Evenki: нэмкӯн (nəmkūn)
      • Negidal: нэмкӯн (nemkūn)
      • Solon: nemeku
      • Oroqen: nəmkun
    • Southern Tungusic:
      • Central:
        • Oroch: нэмнэ (nemne)
        • Udihe: нэмэчэ (nemeče)
      • South-Eastern:

References

  • Cincius, V. I. (1975), Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 621
  • Doerfer, Gerhard; Knüppel, Michael (2004), Etymologisch-ethnologisches Wörterbuch tungusischer Dialekte, Hildesheim: Olms, page 609
  • 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 166.
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