Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xedün

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

Etymology

Compare Proto-Mongolic *kei (“wind”), Mongolian хий (xii, “air”).

Noun

*xedün

1. wind

Declension

Declension of *xedün

	Singular
Nominative	*xedün
Accusative	*xedünbe
Genitive	*xedünŋī
Dative	*xedündüe
Locative	*xedünle
Ablative	*xedündiki
Prolative	*xedünli
Elative	*xedüngiʒi
Instrumental	*xedünʒi
Delative	*xedünlēki
Directive	*xedüntiki
Comitative	*xedüngili

Descendants

• Northern
  • Even: эдэ̇н (ədə̇n)
  • Evenki: эдын (ədin)
  • Negidal: [script needed] (ədin)
  • Solon: эдын (ədin)
• Central
  • Oroch: эди(н)
  • Udihe: эди
• South-Eastern:
  • Nanai: хэдун (hedun)
  • Orok: хэду(н)
  • Ulch: хэду
• South-Central:
  • Jurchen: e-du, edun
    • Manchu: ᡝᡩᡠᠨ (edun)
  • Xibe: ᡠᡩᡠᠨ (udun)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 438-439