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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/sian

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

Connected to Proto-Mongolic *sïnaxa (“temple, cheek”) by Ramstedt, compare Mongolian шанаа (šanaa).

Noun

*sian

  1. ear

Descendants
  • Northern
    • Evenki: се̄н (sēn)
    • Negidal: [script needed] (sēn)
    • Oroqen: ʃɛ꞉n
    • Solon: ше̄н (şēn)
  • Central
  • South-Eastern:
  • South-Central:
    • Jurchen: šahah, šaa, 尚 (shang /šang/)
      • Manchu: ᡧᠠᠨ (šan)

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 70-71
  • Kane, Daniel (1989) The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 314.
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