Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/sakarīn

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

• *sakalīn (< *sakalian ?)

Noun

*sakarīn

1. black

Adjective

*sakarīn

1. black

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 撒哈良 (sa-ha-liang /⁠saxalian⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan)
      • → Russian: Сахали́н (Saxalín)
        • → English: Sakhalin
• Tungusic
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: хакарӣн (hakarīn)
    • Evenki: сакарӣн (sakarīn)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: сакаи (sakai)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: сахарин (saxarĩ)
      • Orok: сагари (sagari), сāри (sāri)
      • Ulch: сахари (saxari)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 56
• 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 360.