Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/semtu

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

*semtu

1. rust

Descendants

• Northern
  • Evenki: сэмту (səmtu)
• Central
  • Oroch: сэмту (semtu)
  • Udihe: сэмту (semtu)
• South-Eastern
  • Orok: сэпту (septu)
  • Nanai: сэптучэ (septuče)
  • Ulch: сэптучэ (septuče)
• South-Western
  • Manchu: ᠰᡝᠪᡩᡝᠨ (sebden)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 141-142