Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *pede-
Meaning: 1 to ruddle, mark (deer, by cutting its ear) 2 dirty
Russian meaning: 1 метить (оленя, надрезая ухо) 2 грязный
Evenki: pedenē- 1 (Kamn.)
Even: hedenin 2
Comments: ТМС 2, 45, 360. The dialectal Evk. form must be a borrowing from some unattested Southern Tungus form (as suggested by initial p-). tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-reference,