Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xamasikī

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 *xama- +‎ *-sikī. Cognate with *xamari.

Adverb

*xamasikī

1. backwards
2. late

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Manchu: ᠠᠮᠠᠰᡳ (amasi)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: амаски (amaski)
    • Evenki: амаскӣ (amaskī)
    • Negidal: амаски (amaski)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: амаси (amasi)
      • Udihe: амахи (amaxi)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: хамаси (xamasi)
      • Orok: хамасаи́ (xamasaị), хамаса (xamasa), хамасай (xamasaj)
      • Ulch: хамаси̇ (xamasị)

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 42