Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/umi-

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

Verb

*umi-

1. (transitive) to drink

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 兀迷 (omi- /⁠u-mi⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᠣᠮᡳᠮᠪᡳ (omimbi)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Evenki: уммӣ (ummī)
    • Negidal: ом- (om-)
    • Oroqen: um-
    • Solon: [script needed] (imê-, imi-, êmu-)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: ими- (imi-)
      • Udihe: уми- (umi-)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: омиори (omiori)
      • Orok: у́ми́вури (ụmịwuri)
      • Ulch: у̇му̇ву̇ (ụmụwụ)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 266
• 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 346.