Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/sarpukī

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

*sarpukī

Etymology

From *sarpu- +‎ *-kī.

Noun

*sarpukī

1. chopsticks

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 撒扒 (sabka /⁠sa-ba⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᠰᠠᠪᡴᠠ (sabka)
      • Mongolian: савх (savx)
      • → Nivkh: чафӄ (ț’afq)
        • → Ainu: サㇵカ (sahka)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Negidal: сапки (sapkī)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: саппуи (sappui)
      • Udihe: сафугу (safugu)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: сарбӣ (sarbī)
      • Orok: сабӯ (sabū)
      • Ulch: салбу̇ (salbụ)
• Mongolic:
  • → Daur: sarpa
    • Solon: sarpa

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 66-67
• 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 249.