Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/oran

This Proto-Tungusic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Very similar to Proto-Samoyedic *korå (“male, reindeer bull”) and Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *qora (see Chukchi ӄораӈы), however the loss of the initial segment is unexplained.

Alternatively linked by Starostin et al. with Mongolian оронго (orongo, “a kind of antelope”) and Khakas орғы (orğı, “hybrid of moose and maral”) (with their respective cognates).

Noun

*oran

reindeer

Descendants

Northern
- Even: ора̇н (orȧn)
- Evenki: орон (oron)
- Negidal: ойон (ojon)
- Oroqen: ɔrɔn
Central
- Oroch: оро
- Udihe: оро, оло
South-Eastern:
- Nanai: оро̄н
- Ulch: оро
South-Western:
- Manchu: ᠣᡵᠣᠨ
  ᠪᡠᡥᡠ (oron buhu)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1977) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov: Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages: Materials for an etymological dictionary] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 24-25

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