Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sibi
Meaning: swallow
Russian meaning: ласточка
Literary Manchu: sibirGan
Jurchen: sih-biar-xun (183)
Comments: ТМС 2, 398 - the root should be distinguished from *čipi- q. v. sub *č`ĭ̀p`[ú] (although with some difficulty). tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-man,tunget-chu,tunget-reference,