Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/bilga

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

Noun

*bilga

1. throat

Declension

Declension of *bilga

	Singular
Nominative	*bilga
Accusative	*bilgaba
Genitive	*bilgaŋī
Dative	*bilgadua
Locative	*bilgala
Ablative	*bilgadiki
Prolative	*bilgali
Elative	*bilgagiʒi
Instrumental	*bilgaʒi
Delative	*bilgalāki
Directive	*bilgatiki
Comitative	*bilgagili

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 必剌 (bilha /⁠bi-la⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᠪᡳᠯᡥᠠ (bilha)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: билга (ʙilga)
    • Evenki: билга (bilga)
    • Negidal: билга (bilga)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: бигга (bigga)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: билга (bilga)
      • Orok: би́лда (bịlda)
      • Ulch: би̇лдя (bịlʒa)

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 45
• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 321, 314
• 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 318.