Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xerekī

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

Etymology

From *xere- +‎ *-kī. Possibly cognate with *xeregi- (“to quack; cry, weep”).

Noun

*xerekī

1. frog

Declension

Declension of *xerekī

	Singular
Nominative	*xerekī
Accusative	*xerekībe
Genitive	*xerekīŋī
Dative	*xerekīdüe
Locative	*xerekīle
Ablative	*xerekīdiki
Prolative	*xerekīli
Elative	*xerekīgiʒi
Instrumental	*xerekīʒi
Delative	*xerekīlēki
Directive	*xerekītiki
Comitative	*xerekīgili

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Manchu: ᡝᡵᡥᡝ (erhe)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: эрики (əriki)
    • Evenki: эрэкӣ (ərəkī), хэрэкӣ (hərəkī), хэрэ (hərə)
    • Negidal: эйэхӣ (ejexī), эйэкӣ (ejekī)
    • Oroqen: ərəki
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: э̄ки (ēki)
      • Udihe: э̄хи (ēxi)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: хэрэ (here)
      • Orok: хэрэ (xere)
      • Ulch: хэрэкэ (xereke)

References

• 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. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 466-467