Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/lāmu

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

*lāmu

sea, ocean

Declension

Declension of *lāmu

	Singular
Nominative	*lāmu
Accusative	*lāmuba
Genitive	*lāmuŋī
Dative	*lāmudua
Locative	*lāmula
Ablative	*lāmudiki
Prolative	*lāmuli
Elative	*lāmugiʒi
Instrumental	*lāmuʒi
Delative	*lāmulāki
Directive	*lāmutiki
Comitative	*lāmugili

Derived terms

*lāmunkan

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Manchu: ᠨᠠᠮᡠ (namu)
Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
  - Even: ламу (lamu)
  - Evenki: ла̄му (lāmu)
  - Negidal: ла̄м (lām)
- South Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: на̄му (nāmu)
    - Udihe: наму (namu)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: намо (namo)
    - Orok: наму́ (namụ)
    - Ulch: наму (namu)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 490-491

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