Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/mudan

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 *muda- +‎ *-n.

Noun

*mudan

1. end, finish, limit

Declension

Declension of *mudan

	Singular
Nominative	*mudan
Accusative	*mudanba
Genitive	*mudanŋī
Dative	*mudandua
Locative	*mudanla
Ablative	*mudandiki
Prolative	*mudanli
Elative	*mudangiʒi
Instrumental	*mudanʒi
Delative	*mudanlāki
Directive	*mudantiki
Comitative	*mudangili

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: мудан (mudan)
    • Evenki: мудан (mudan)
    • Negidal: модан (modan)
    • Oroqen: mʊdan
    • Solon: muda
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Udihe: муда(н) (muda(n))
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: модан (modan)
      • Ulch: му̇да(н) (mu̇da(n))

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 40
• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 550