Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ʒukun

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This Proto-Tungusic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Tungusic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Either from *ʒuku- +‎ *-n, or from *ʒu- +‎ *-kun.[1]

Noun[edit]

*ʒukun

  1. otter

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Tungusic:
    • North Tungusic:
      • Even: дөкэн (dökən)
      • Evenki: дюкун (ʒukun)
      • Negidal: ӡукин (ʒukin), ӡухин (ʒuxin)
      • Solon: ǯuxu
    • South Tungusic:
      • Central:
      • South-Eastern:
        • Nanai: [script needed] (žuku(n))
        • Orok: до̄ксо (dōkso) (< *ʒuksa ?)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Benzing, Johannes (1955) Die tungusischen Sprachen. Versuch einer vergleichenden Grammatik (Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse; 11) (in German), Wiesbaden: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz in Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag, page 67
  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 271