Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/gūn-

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

Alternative Reconstructions

• *gȫn(i)-

Verb

*gūn-

1. (transitive) to say
2. (transitive) to think

Derived terms

• *-gi(-ni)

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 恨都 (hendu- /⁠hen-du⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᡥᡝᠨᡩᡠᠮᠪᡳ (hendumbi, “to say”), ᡤᡡᠨᡳᠮᠪᡳ (gūnimbi, “to think”)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: гө̄ндэй (gȫndəj)
    • Evenki: гунмӣ (gunmī)
    • Negidal: гӯн- (gūn-)
    • Oroqen: gun-
    • Solon: gun-
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: гун- (gun-)
      • Udihe: гунэ- (gune-)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 171
• 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 290.