Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/bosakta

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 *bosa- +‎ *-kta.

Noun

*bosakta

1. kidney

Declension

Declension of *bosakta

	Singular
Nominative	*bosakta
Accusative	*bosaktaba
Genitive	*bosaktaŋī
Dative	*bosaktadua
Locative	*bosaktala
Ablative	*bosaktadiki
Prolative	*bosaktali
Elative	*bosaktagiʒi
Instrumental	*bosaktaʒi
Delative	*bosaktalāki
Directive	*bosaktatiki
Comitative	*bosaktagili

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Manchu: ᠪᠣᠰᡥᠣ (bosho)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: боста (ʙosta)
    • Evenki: босокто (bosokto)
    • Negidal: босокто (bosokto)
    • Oroqen: bɔʃɔktɔ
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Udihe: бо̄кто (bōkto)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: босокто (bosokto)
      • Orok: босокто (bosokto)
      • Ulch: босокто (bosokto)

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 72
• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 97