Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sarpu-
Meaning: needle for weaving nets
Russian meaning: игла (для вязания сетей)
Negidal: sapkị̄
Literary Manchu: sarba, sarfu, surafu
Ulcha: sarpụ(n)
Orok: salpị ~ sarpị
Nanai: sarpol
Oroch: saptu; sapsaŋki 'a k. of needle'
Comments: ТМС 2, 64, 129. {For Oroch cf. also Man. sabsi- 'stitch (leather), prick / singe with a needle'.} tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-neg,tunget-man,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-orc,tunget-reference,