Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *pota
Meaning: willow
Russian meaning: тальник, верба
Orok: potoqto
Nanai: fotoχa
Comments: ТМС 2, 45. The TM forms are certainly not borrowed from Mong., despite Rozycki 77 (who additionally follows ТМС in confusing the root with *pude- q. v. sub *p`ude, and *puči- q.v. sub *p`úč`í). tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,