Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/turākī

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 *turā- +‎ *-kī.

The Manchu descendant is strange. The expected form would be such *turha.

Noun

*turākī

1. crow, rook

Declension

Declension of *turākī

	Singular
Nominative	*turākī
Accusative	*turākība
Genitive	*turākīŋī
Dative	*turākīdua
Locative	*turākīla
Ablative	*turākīdiki
Prolative	*turākīli
Elative	*turākīgiʒi
Instrumental	*turākīʒi
Delative	*turākīlāki
Directive	*turākītiki
Comitative	*turākīgili

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Manchu: ᡨᡠ᠋ᡵᠠᡴᡳ (turaki)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: тураки (turaki)
    • Evenki: тура̄кӣ (turākī)
    • Negidal: тора̄хӣ (torāxī), торакӣ (torakī)
    • Oroqen: tʊrakɪ
    • Solon: turāki
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: туахи (tuaxi)
      • Udihe: ту’аи (tuˀai)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: тора̄ки (torāki)

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 18
• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 218