Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/dili

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

*dili

1. head

Descendants

• Northern:
  • Even: дыл (dil)
  • Evenki: дыл (dil)
• Central:
  • Oroch: [script needed] (dili)
  • Udihe: [script needed] (dili)
• South-Eastern:
  • Nanai: [script needed] (jili)
  • Orok: [script needed] (jili)
  • Ulch: [script needed] (dili)

References

• J.A. Alonso de la Fuente, "Written Manchu uju 'head'", 2010.