Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/durun

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

Perhaps from *duru- +‎ *-n.

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Mongolic *düri (“form, shape”). Comparisons to Proto-Turkic *yǖŕ (“face”) also have been made.

Adjective

*durun

form, shape

Declension

Declension of *durun

	Singular
Nominative	*durun
Accusative	*durunba
Genitive	*durunŋī
Dative	*durundua
Locative	*durunlā
Ablative	*durundiki
Prolative	*durunli
Elative	*durungiʒi
Instrumental	*durunʒi
Delative	*durunlāki
Directive	*duruntiki
Comitative	*durungili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Manchu: ᡩᡠᡵᡠᠨ (durun)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Evenki: дурун (durun)
  - Negidal: дуйун (dujun), дуйин (dujin)
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: ду (du), дун (dun), дуни (duni)
    - Udihe: ду (du), дун (dun)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: дурун (durun)
    - Orok: дуру(н) (duru(n))
    - Ulch: дуру(н) (duru(n))

References

Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 76
Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 95
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 225-226