Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *(x)on-
Meaning: 1 to search (for lost deer) 2 to wait 3 domestic reindeer trained for searching wild deer
Russian meaning: 1 искать (потерявшихся оленей) 2 ждать 3 олень-манщик
Evenki: onī- 1, ondōgdo 3
Even: ōnmъ̣t- 2, ondā- 1, ondad 3
Negidal: ondogdo 3
Comments: ТМС 2, 19. Cf. perhaps also Manchu ondo- 'to caper; to rape' ( > Dag. ondō-, see Тод. Даг. 159); Nan. χonolị- 'to mock' (ТМС 1, 470) - which would confirm the reconstruction of *x- and fit the original meaning 'to covet (sexually)'. Evk. ondogdo > Dolg. ondōdo (see Stachowski 193).
