Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/toga

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

Compared to Mongolian тогоо (togoo).

Noun

*toga

fire

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Manchu: ᡨᡠᠸᠠ (tuwa)
- Jurchen:  (towi)
- Xibe: [script needed] (tua)
Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
  - Evenki: того (togo)
  - Even: [script needed] (toğ)
  - Negidal: [script needed] (toğo)
  - Solon: [script needed] (togo)
- South Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: [script needed] (too)
    - Udihe: [script needed] (too)
  - South-eastern:
    - Orok: [script needed] (tawa)
    - Ulch: [script needed] (tawa)
    - Nanai: тава (tawa)

References

Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*toga”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill