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

1. 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