Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xosikta

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xōsikta

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 *xosi- (“to scrape”) +‎ *-kta.

Noun

*xosikta

1. claw, fingernail

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Manchu: ᠣᡧᠣᡥᠣ (ošoho)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: оста̇ (ostȧ)
    • Evenki: осӣкта (osīkta)
    • Negidal: о̄тта (ōtta)
    • Oroqen: ʊʃɪkta
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: хосикта (xosikta)
      • Udihe: ва̂икта (wáikta)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: хосакта (xosakta)
      • Orok: хоси́кта (xosíkta)
      • Ulch: хоста (xosta), ху̇ста (xu̇sta)

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 23
• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 27