Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xürgi-

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 edit

Etymology edit

From the causative form of *xüre- (“to grow”), (*xüre- +‎ *-gi).

Verb edit

*xürgi-

(transitive) to raise, feed

Derived Terms edit

*xürgise (“food, food supply”)

Descendants edit

Jurchenic:
- Manchu: ᡠᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (ujimbi)
Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
  - Even: иргэдэй (irgədəj)
  - Evenki: иргӣмӣ (irgīmī)
  - Negidal: игги- (iggi-)
  - Solon: irgi-
- South Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: игги- (iggi-)
    - Udihe: игиси- (igisi-) (< *xürgisi- ?)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: хуйгиэри (xuygieri)

References edit

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 122
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 325-326