Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/pääyää

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

*pääyää

1. forehead

Descendants

• Northern:
  • Evenki: [script needed] (hääyää)
  • Negidal: [script needed] (hääyää)
• Central:
  • Udihe: [script needed] (xäyä)
• South-Eastern:
  • Nanai: [script needed] (pääyä)
• South-Central:
  • Manchu: ᡶᡝᡥᡳ (fehi, “brain”)

References

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