Tungus etymology : Query result

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *pet-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 to pinch 2 to grab 3 to dig, pick 4 to pluck, collect

Russian meaning: 1 захватить щепотку, отщипнуть 2 хватать 3 копать, рыть 4 срывать, собирать

Evenki: hetu-kēt- 1

Even: hetъkle- 1

Spoken Manchu: fatǝ- 1, 4 (1165, 1575)

Literary Manchu: fata- 1, fete- 3

Ulcha: patarači- 2

Nanai: pata- (Он.) 4, fete- (Bik., Kur-Urm.) 3

Comments: ТМС 2, 305, 371-372. Forms with -a- reflect a partial contamination with *pāt(i)- q. v. sub *p`ā̀t`à. Rozycki 76 supposes Man. fete- < Mong. ete-, which is impossible due to the absence of *h- in Mongolian (v. sub *ìt`ù).