Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/aja

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

Adjective

*aja

1. good
2. handsome, beautiful

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: ай (aj)
    • Evenki: ая (aja)
    • Negidal: ая (aja)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: ая (aja)
      • Udihe: ая (aja)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: аи (ai)
      • Orok: ая (aja)
      • Ulch: ая (aja)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 18-20