Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/iče-

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

Verb

*iče-

1. (transitive) to see

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • >? Jurchen: 阿察 (ača- /⁠a-ča⁠/)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: ичтэ̄й (ictə̄j), иттэ̄й (ittə̄j)
    • Evenki: ичэмӣ (içəmī)
    • Negidal: ичэ- (iče-)
    • Oroqen: itʃə-
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: ичэ- (iče-)
      • Udihe: итэ- (ite-)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: ичэури (ičeuri)
      • Orok: итэвури (itewuri)
      • Ulch: ичэву (ičewu)

References

• 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 22
• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 334-335
• 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 288.