Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/oran

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

Etymology

Very similar to Proto-Samoyedic *korå (“male, reindeer bull”) and Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *qora, however the loss of the initial segment is unexplained.

Alternatively linked by Starostin et al. with Mongolian оронго (orongo, “a kind of antelope”) and Khakas орғы (orğı, “hybrid of moose and maral”) (with their respective cognates).

Noun

*oran

1. reindeer

Descendants

• Northern
  • Even: ора̇н (orȧn)
  • Evenki: орон (oron)
  • Negidal: ойон (ojon)
  • Oroqen: ɔrɔn
• Central
  • Oroch: оро
  • Udihe: оро, оло
• South-Eastern:
  • Nanai: оро̄н (orōn)
  • Ulch: оро
• South-Western:
  • Manchu: ᠣᡵᠣᠨ
    ᠪᡠᡥᡡ (oron buhū)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 24-25