Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ńuŋńakī

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

*ńuŋńakī

Etymology

From *ńuŋńa- +‎ *-kī.

Noun

*ńuŋńakī

1. goose

Declension

Declension of *ńuŋńakī

	Singular
Nominative	*ńuŋńakī
Accusative	*ńuŋńakība
Genitive	*ńuŋńakīŋī
Dative	*ńuŋńakīdua
Locative	*ńuŋńakīla
Ablative	*ńuŋńakīdiki
Prolative	*ńuŋńakīli
Elative	*ńuŋńakīgiʒi
Instrumental	*ńuŋńakīʒi
Delative	*ńuŋńakīlāki
Directive	*ńuŋńakītiki
Comitative	*ńuŋńakīgili

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 牛捏哈 (niyongniyaha /⁠niu-nie-ha⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᠨᡳᠣᠩᠨᡳᠶᠠᡥᠠ (niongniyaha)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: нунки (nunki, “cormorant”)
    • Evenki: нюӈнякӣ (ņuŋņakī)
    • Negidal: нёӈняхӣ (ńoŋńaxī), нёӈнякӣ (ńoŋńakī), нёӈньихӣ (ńoŋńixī)
    • Oroqen: ɲuŋɲakɪ
    • Solon: nụnnaxi
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: нюӈняхи (ńuŋńaxi), нюӈня’й (ńuŋńa'i)
      • Udihe: нюӈняи (ńuŋńai)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: нёӈня (ńoŋńa)
      • Orok: ну́ӈна (nụŋna)
      • Ulch: н’уӈн’а (ńụŋńa), н’у̇ӈн’а

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 26
• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 611, 623, 646-647
• 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 218.