Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/uligan

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

Possibly related to Khitan 𘱆 (*ui, “pig”).

Noun

*uligan

1. pig

Declension

Declension of *uligan

	Singular
Nominative	*uligan
Accusative	*uliganba
Genitive	*uliganŋī
Dative	*uligandua
Locative	*uliganla
Ablative	*uligandiki
Prolative	*uliganli
Elative	*uligangiʒi
Instrumental	*uliganʒi
Delative	*uliganlāki
Directive	*uligantiki
Comitative	*uligangili

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 兀甲 (ulgiyan /⁠u-gia⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᡠᠯᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ (ulgiyan)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Negidal: олгин (olgin), оргин (orgin)
    • Oroqen: ʊlgɛn
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Udihe: вагя (wagja)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: олгиан (olgian)
      • Orok: орге (orge)
      • Ulch: орги̇(н) (orgịn)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 259
• 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 216.