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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xedün

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

Compare Proto-Mongolic *kei (“wind”), Mongolian хий (xii, “air”).

Noun

*xedün

wind

Declension

Declension of *xedün

	Singular
Nominative	*xedün
Accusative	*xedünbe
Genitive	*xedünŋī
Dative	*xedündüe
Locative	*xedünle
Ablative	*xedündiki
Prolative	*xedünli
Elative	*xedüngiʒi
Instrumental	*xedünʒi
Delative	*xedünlēki
Directive	*xedüntiki
Comitative	*xedüngili

Descendants

Northern
- Even: эдэ̇н (ədə̇n)
- Evenki: эдын (ədin)
- Negidal: [script needed] (ədin)
- Solon: эдын (ədin)
Central
- Oroch: эди(н)
- Udihe: эди
South-Eastern:
- Nanai: хэдун (hedun)
- Orok: хэду(н)
- Ulch: хэду
South-Central:
- Jurchen: e-du, edun
  - Manchu: ᡝᡩᡠᠨ (edun)
- Xibe: ᡠᡩᡠᠨ (udun)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 438-439

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