Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sepe-
Meaning: 1 handful 2 to pinch, take a handful 3 to clutch
Russian meaning: 1 горсть 2 брать горстью 3 хватать, зажимать
Spoken Manchu: sefǝrǝ-, sevǝrǝ- 'to grip, to grasp' (1542); sevǝrǝkǝ 'handful, fistful' (2830)
Literary Manchu: sefere 1, sefere- 2
Nanai: sefele- 3 (Bik.)
Comments: ТМС 2, 402 (confused with *šopa-). tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-sib,tunget-man,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,