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Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/muŋkə

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This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Has been compared with Northern Mansi ма̄ӈхв (māňhv, butt (of a tool))[1], but the vowel correspondence is irregular.

Noun

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*muŋkə

  1. (blunt) arrow

Descendants

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  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: муг (mug)[2]
  • Nenets:
  • Mator: муӈгу (muŋgu)[4]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.uralonet.nytud.hu/eintrag.cgi?id_eintrag=562
  2. ^ P. N. Sorokina (2001) C. D. Bolina, editor, Словарь Энецко-русский и Русско-Энецкий [Forest Enets-Russian and Russian-Forest Enets dictionary]‎[1], Saint-Petersburg, page 74
  3. ^ N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 58
  4. ^ E. Helimski (1997) N. Beáta, editor, Die Matorische Sprache[2] (in German), Szeged: JATE Finnugor Tanszék, →ISBN, page 311