Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *pune
Meaning: 1 time, period 2 South
Russian meaning: 1 время, период 2 юг
Spoken Manchu: fon 'occasion' (2649)
Literary Manchu: fon 1
Jurchen: fowan (fom-wan) do (81) 1, fAn-ti (592) 2
Ulcha: punele 2
Nanai: fõ (Kur-Urm.) 1 ( < Man.)
Comments: ТМС 2, 43, 300. Ul. or Nan. > Oroch punele, Ud. puńalanǯini 'South'. The original meaning may be reconstructed as *'summer' ( > a) 'South'; b) season, time).
