Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/degʒegi-

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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

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Etymology

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From the causative form of *degʒe-, (*degʒe- +‎ *-gi).

Has been compared to Proto-Turkic *yak- (to burn (tr.)) and Proto-Japonic *yaku (to burn) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Verb

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*degʒegi-

  1. (transitive) to burn

Descendants

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References

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  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 281-282
  • 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.