Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/kamdun

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

Alternative Reconstructions

• *kamnun

Etymology

From *kamdu- +‎ *-n.

Noun

*kamdun

1. fish glue, isinglass

Declension

Declension of *kamdun

	Singular
Nominative	*kamdun
Accusative	*kamdunba
Genitive	*kamdunŋī
Dative	*kamdundua
Locative	*kamdunla
Ablative	*kamdundiki
Prolative	*kamdunli
Elative	*kamdungiʒi
Instrumental	*kamdunʒi
Delative	*kamdunlāki
Directive	*kamduntiki
Comitative	*kamdungili

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: канма (kanma)
    • Evenki: камнун (kamnun)
    • Negidal: камнун (kamnun)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: камну (kamnu)
      • Udihe: камну (kamnu)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: камдон (kamdon)
      • Orok: камду́(н) (kamdụn)
      • Ulch: камду̇ (kamdụ)

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 41
• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 370