Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/omŋa-

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

• *omga- (per Benzing, but unsurely)

Etymology

Has been compared to Proto-Turkic *umnï- (“to forget”).

Verb

*omŋa-

1. (transitive) to forget

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Manchu: ᠣᠩᡤᠣᠮᠪᡳ (onggombi)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: омӈада̄й (omŋadāj)
    • Evenki: омӈомӣ (omŋomī)
    • Negidal: оммо-, омӈо-
    • Oroqen: ɔmŋɔ-
    • Solon: ommo-
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: оммо- (ommo-)
      • Udihe: оӈмо- (oŋmo-)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: оӈбори (oŋbori)
      • Orok: омговури (omgowuri), оӈбовури (oŋbowuri)
      • Ulch: оӈбову̇ (oŋbowụ)

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 41
• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 17