Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xepī-

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

• *xebī-
• *xupī- (Based on Southern-Tungusic)

Verb

*xepī-

1. (transitive, intransitive) to play

   *Xepīnbi.

   I play.

   *Xepīʒenbi.

   I'll play later.

Derived terms

• *xepīlǖ- (“to start playing”)
• *xepīn (“game”)

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 額非必 (efibi /⁠e-fi-bi⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᡝᡶᡳᠮᠪᡳ (efimbi)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: эвидэй (əwidəj)
    • Evenki: эвӣдемӣ (əwīʒemī)
    • Negidal: эвӣ- (ewī-)
    • Oroqen: əwi-
    • Solon: ugī-
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: эви- (ewi-)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: хупиури (xupiuri)
      • Orok: хупивури (xupiwuri)
      • Ulch: хупуву (xupuwu)

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 58
• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 483
• 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 279.