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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ʒuga

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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

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Etymology

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From *ʒu- +‎ *-ga. Some of descendants, point on the derived form *ʒuganī.

Compared to Proto-Mongolic *jun (summer) (Whence Mongolian зун (zun)).

Noun

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*ʒuga

  1. summer

Declension

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Adverb

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*ʒuga

  1. in summer

Descendants

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See also

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Seasons in Proto-Tungusic (layout · text) · category
*nelki (spring)
*ńeŋńe (spring)
*ʒuga (summer) *bola (autumn) *töge (winter)

References

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  • Benzing, Johannes (1955) Die tungusischen Sprachen. Versuch einer vergleichenden Grammatik (Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse; 11) (in German), Wiesbaden: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz in Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag, page 95
  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 268
  • 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 187.