Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/siantu

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

*siantu

1. (Southern Tungusic) fist

   Synonym: *nurga

Declension

Declension of *siantu

	Singular
Nominative	*siantu
Accusative	*siantuba
Genitive	*siantuŋī
Dative	*siantudua
Locative	*siantula
Ablative	*siantudiki
Prolative	*siantuli
Elative	*siantugiʒi
Instrumental	*siantuʒi
Delative	*siantulāki
Directive	*siantutiki
Comitative	*siantugili

Derived terms

• *siantula- (“to punch, hit”)

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: санму (sanmu)
      • Udihe: санту (santu)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: сианто (sianto)
      • Orok: се̄тту́ (sēttụ)
      • Ulch: се̄нту̇ (sēntụ)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 69, 88