Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/sarpukī

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

From *sarpu- +‎ *-kī.

Noun

*sarpukī

chopsticks

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: 撒扒 (sabka /⁠sa-ba⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᠰᠠᠪᡴᠠ (sabka)
    - Mongolian: савх (savx)
    - → Nivkh: чафӄ (ț’afq)
      - → Ainu: サㇵカ (sahka)
Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
  - Negidal: сапки (sapkī)
- South Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: саппуи (sappui)
    - Udihe: сафугу (safugu)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: сарбӣ (sarbī)
    - Orok: сабӯ (sabū)
    - Ulch: салбу̇ (salbụ)
Mongolic:
- → Daur: sarpa
  - Solon: sarpa

References

Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 66-67
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 249.

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