Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/elbesi

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

Noun

*elbesi

1. swim, bathe

Descendants

• Northern
  • Even:
  • Evenki:
  • Oroqen:
  • Negidal:
  • Solon:
• Central
  • Oroch:
  • Udihe:
• South-Eastern:
  • Nanai:
  • Orok:
  • Ulch:
• South-Central:
  • Jurchen:
  • Manchu: ᡝᠪᡳ᠍ᡧᡝᠮᠪᡳ (ebišembi)

References

• 古代日本語におけるツングース祖語の*(-)e- の反射型 バーウェルス・ルーベン 九州大学大学院
• Cincius, Vera Ivonavna, 1975–1977, Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков: Материалы к этимологическому словарю.