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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/-pūn

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

Alternative forms
  • *-pǖn

Etymology

Perhaps akin to Proto-Mongolic *-xun (“noun-froming suffix”).

Suffix

*-pūn

  1. Derives nouns from verbs.
    ‎*pupu- (“to saw”) + ‎*-pūn → ‎*pubupūn (“saw”) (> *pūpūn later)
    ‎*sekte- (“to make a bed; litter”) + ‎*-pūn → ‎*sektepǖn (“bed; litter, mat”)
    ‎*sila- (“to roast on a spit”) + ‎*-pūn → ‎*silepǖn (“roast skewer”)
    ‎*öŋti- + ‎*-pūn → ‎*öŋtipǖn
    ‎*gisi- (“to drum, beat a drum”) + ‎*-pūn → ‎*gisipǖn (“shaman mallets, drumstick”)

Derived terms
Proto-Tungusic terms suffixed with *-pūn

References
  • 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 63
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