Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/silapūn

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

• *silabun (per EDAL)
• *silepǖn (per Benzing as an alternate form)

Etymology

Derived from *sila- (“to roast on a spit, put on a spit”) +‎ *-pūn. The deriving stem *sila- has been compared to Turkic and Mongolic. Compare Proto-Turkic *sīĺ (“tooth; sharp stick”) and Proto-Mongolic *sidün (“tooth”).

Noun

*silapūn

1. spit

Declension

Declension of *silapūn

	Singular
Nominative	*silapūn
Accusative	*silapūnba
Genitive	*silapūnŋī
Dative	*silapūndua
Locative	*silapūnla
Ablative	*silapūndiki
Prolative	*silapūnli
Elative	*silapūngiʒi
Instrumental	*silapūnʒi
Delative	*silapūnlāki
Directive	*silapūntiki
Comitative	*silapūngili

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Manchu: [script needed] (šolon)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: хилун (hilun)
    • Evenki: силавун (silawun)
    • Negidal: силавун (silawun)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: сило̄(н) (silō(n))
      • Udihe: силоу(н) (silou(n))
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: силпон (silpon)
      • Orok: си́лопу́(н-) (sịlopụ(n))
      • Ulch: си̇лопу̇(н) (sịlopụ(n))

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 63
• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 82
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 325-326