Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xolsa

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

Compared with Proto-Uralic *kala (Finnish kala, Hungarian hal).

Noun

*xolsa

1. fish

Descendants

• Northern
  • Even: олра̇ (olrȧ)
  • Evenki: олло (ollo)
  • Oroqen: ɔlɔ
  • Negidal: оло
• Central
  • Oroch: окто
  • Udihe:
    • Khabarovsk: олō
• South-Eastern:
  • Nanai: холто (holto)
  • Orok: холто (holto)
  • Ulch: холто

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 14
• Cincius, V. I. (1945) Sravnitelʹnaja fonetika tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov [Comparative Phonology of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), Leningrad: UčPedGiz, page 198