Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ʒabị

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

Noun

*ʒabị

1. boat

Descendants

• Northern
  • Evenki: дяв (ʒaw)
  • Solon: дяви (ʒawi)
  • Oroqen: dʒawɪ
• Central
  • Oroch: дяви, [script needed] (ʒãwi), [script needed] (ʒãi)
• South-Eastern:
  • Nanai: дяи (ʒai)
  • Orok: ӡаи́ (ʒaí)
  • Ulch: [script needed] (ӡaj)
• South-Western:
  • Manchu: ᠵᠠᠶᠠ (jaya)
• Mongolic:
  • → Buryat: зави (zavi)
  • → Daur: jieby, jaby
  • → Mongolian: завь (zavʹ), ᠵᠠᠪᠢ (ǰabi)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 240
• Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 167