Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xir-
Meaning: 1 wild deer 2 to rub horns 3 *'newborn animal' > 'new'
Russian meaning: 1 дикий олень 2 тереться рогами 3 *'новорожденное животное' > 'новый'
Evenki: irki, irē 1, irkekīn (dial.) 3
Even: irče-, irkъ- 2
Negidal: ijun 1, iskekin 3
Spoken Manchu: ičē 'new' (2544)
Literary Manchu: iren 1, iče 3
Jurchen: hi(i̯)če (85) 3
Ulcha: suru(n) 1, sičeu(n) 3
Orok: sitče- 2, sitče- 3
Nanai: sirũ 1, śiku(n) 3
Oroch: iju 1, ikken 3
Comments: ТМС 1, 327, 328. Evk. sirū and Neg. xịra (ТМС 2, 96) must be loanwords from Southern TM, where *x- > x- and s-; in any case, these forms have nothing to do with Turk. *sɨgɨr 'cow', despite Sinor 1962, 320.
