Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/subgu

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

*subgu

1. fishnet
2. layer like fishnet, scales
3. skin, bark

Declension

Declension of *subgu

	Singular
Nominative	*subgu
Accusative	*subguba
Genitive	*subguŋī
Dative	*subgudua
Locative	*subgula
Ablative	*subgudiki
Prolative	*subguli
Elative	*subgugiʒi
Instrumental	*subguʒi
Delative	*subgulāki
Directive	*subgutiki
Comitative	*subgugili

Related terms

• *aduli (“fishing net”)

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 速古 (suku /⁠su-gu⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᠰᡠᡴᡡ (sukū)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Evenki: субгу (subgu)
    • Negidal: собгу (sobgu)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: суббу (subbu)
      • Udihe: сугбу (sugbu)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: согбо (sogbo)
      • Orok: сугбу (sugbu), субгу (subgu)
      • Ulch: су̇гбу̇ (sụgbụ)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 115-116
• 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 317.