Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/muire

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 *möre, Mongolian мөр (mör).

Noun

*muire

shoulder

Descendants

Northern:
- Even: мӣрэ (mīrə), мирэ (mirə)
- Evenki: мӣр (mīr)
- Negidal: [script needed] (mĩjə)
- Oroqen: mi꞉rə
- Solon: мӣрэ (mīrə), мӣри (mīri)
- → Daur: miir
Central:
- Oroch: мие
- Udihe: мё (“neck”)
South-Eastern:
- Nanai: нгуйрэ (ŋujre), муйрэ (mujre)
- Orok: мујрэ
- Ulch: [script needed] (ŋujrə)
South-Western:
- Jurchen: meire
  - Manchu: ᠮᡝᡳᡵᡝᠨ (meiren)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 538
Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 207

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