Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/tari

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

From *ta- +‎ *-ri. Compare Proto-Mongolic *te-re (“that”).

Pronoun

*tari

1. that

Inflection

Declension of Proto-Tungusic/tari

nominative	*tari
accusative	*tarāba
dative	*tardua
locative	*tarlā
ablative	*tarduki
prolative	*tarlī
directive	*tartikī
instrumental	*tariʒi
elative	*targiʒi

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Bala: 特勒 (tele)
  • Manchu: ᡨᡝ᠋ᡵᡝ (tere)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: та̄р (tār)
    • Evenki: тар (tar)
    • Negidal: тай (taj)
    • Oroqen: tarɪ
    • Solon: tari
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: тэи (tei)
      • Udihe: тэйи (teji)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: тэй (tej)
      • Orok: та̄ри́ (tārí)
      • Ulch: та̄ву̇ (tāwụ), ти̇ (tị)

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 113
• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 164-167