Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/nā

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

Connected with the first element of the Korean noun 나라 (nara, “country, nation”).

Noun

*nā

1. earth

   Synonyms: *dunse, *buga

Declension

Declension of *nā

	Singular
Nominative	*nā
Accusative	*nāba
Genitive	*nāŋī
Dative	*nādua
Locative	*nāla
Ablative	*nādiki
Prolative	*nāli
Elative	*nāgiʒi
Instrumental	*nāʒi
Delative	*nālāki
Directive	*nātiki
Comitative	*nāgili

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 納 (na /⁠na⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᠨᠠ (na)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Negidal: на̄ (nā)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: на̄ (nā)
      • Udihe: на̄ (nā)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: на̄ (nā)
      • Orok: на̄ (nā)
      • Ulch: на̄ (nā)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 572-573
• 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 163.