Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/palụka

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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

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Etymology

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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

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*palụka

  1. hammer

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Jurchen:
    • Manchu: ᡶᠣᠯᡥᠣ (folho)
  • Tungusic:

References

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  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 313
  • Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 113