Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/čabuka

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

Derived from *čabu +‎ *-ka. Possibly related to Proto-Turkic *čabuĺč (“military commander”), Proto-Mongolic *caxur (“military raid”) and Khitan 炒伍侕 (čawur, “battle”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Compare also Udihe чавала- (čawala-, “to fight, war”).

Noun

*čabuka

1. army, military

Declension

Declension of *čabuka

	Singular
Nominative	*čabuka
Accusative	*čabukaba
Genitive	*čabukaŋī
Dative	*čabukadua
Locative	*čabukala
Ablative	*čabukadiki
Prolative	*čabukali
Elative	*čabukagiʒi
Instrumental	*čabukaʒi
Delative	*čabukalāki
Directive	*čabukatiki
Comitative	*čabukagili

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 朝哈 (čauha /⁠čao-ha⁠/, “army; soldier”)
    • Manchu: ᠴᠣᠣᡥᠠ (cooha, “army; soldier”)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Negidal: чавха (čawxa), чауха (čauxa)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: чауха (čauxa)
      • Udihe: чава (čawa)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: чаоха (čaoxa)
      • Orok: ча́уха (čáuxa)
      • Ulch: чау̇ха (čau̇xa), чавха (čawxa)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 402
• Kane, Daniel (1989) The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 266.