Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ximansa

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

• *ximaŋsa

Etymology

From *xima- +‎ *-nsa.

Noun

*ximansa

1. snow

Descendants

• Northern
  • Evenki: имана̄ (imanā)
  • Even: емсамла̄н (jemsamlān)
• Central
  • Oroch: имаса (imasa)
  • Udihe: имаха (imaha)
• South-Eastern
  • Ulch: [script needed] (sịmata)
• South-Western
  • Jurchen: imanggi, 亦忙吉 (yi-mang-ji /⁠imanggi⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᠨᡳᠮᠠᠩᡤᡳ (nimanggi)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 312-313
• 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 158.