Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xōsikta

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xosikta

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 *xōsi- +‎ *-kta.

Noun

*xōsikta

1. star

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: oʃïxa, 兀矢哈 (ošiha /⁠u-ši-ha⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (usiha), ᠣᡧᠣᡥᠣ (ošoho)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: о̄сикат (ōsikat) (<*xōsikākta)
    • Evenki: о̄сикта (ōsikta), о̄сика̄кта (ōsikākta)
    • Negidal: о̄сикта (ōsikta)
    • Oroqen: ɔʃɪkta
    • Solon: ōšikta
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: хосикта (xosikta)
      • Udihe: ва̂икта (wáikta)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: хосикта (xosikta)
      • Orok: васи́кта (wasíkta)
      • Ulch: хоста (xosta), ху̇ста (xu̇sta)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 27
• 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 136.