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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/palụka

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

From Proto-Mongolic *haluka or its ancestor, possibly of Indo-European origin.

Compare Mongolian алх (alx), Kazakh балға (balğa), Sanskrit परशु (paraśu, “axe”), Ancient Greek πέλεκυς (pélekus, “axe”), Russian палка (palka).

Noun

*palụka

  1. hammer

Descendants
  • Northern
    • Even: халка̇ (halkȧ)
    • Evenki: халка (halka)
    • Negidal: [script needed] (halka)
    • Solon: алха (alha)
  • Central
  • South-Eastern:
    • Nanai: палоа
    • Orok: пало, [script needed] (paloγa)
    • Ulch: [script needed] (palawun)
  • South-Central:

References
  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov: Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages: Materials for an etymological dictionary] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 313
  • Rozycki, William (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 113
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