Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ximügse

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

Derived from *ximü- (“to smear (with fat); to melt”).

Noun

*ximügse

fat, oil

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: 亦猛吉 (imenggi /⁠i-meng-gi⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᡳᠮᡝᠩᡤᡳ (imenggi)
Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
  - Even: имсэ̇ (imsə̇)
  - Evenki: имӯксэ (imūksə)
  - Negidal: имуксэ (imukse)
  - Solon: imukče, imučče
- South Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: имуксэ (imukse)
    - Udihe: имо̂ (imô)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: симуксэ (simukse)
    - Orok: симурэ (simure)
    - Ulch: симсэ (simse)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 313-314
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 340.

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