Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/čabuka

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

Derived from *čabu +‎ *-ka. Possibly related to Proto-Turkic *čabuĺč (“military commander”), Proto-Mongolic *čaxur (“military raid”) and Khitan 炒伍侕 (čawur, “battle”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Compare also Udihe чавала- (čawala-, “to fight, war”).

Noun

*čabuka

army, military

Declension

Declension of *čabuka

	Singular
Nominative	*čabuka
Accusative	*čabukaba
Genitive	*čabukaŋī
Dative	*čabukadua
Locative	*čabukalā
Ablative	*čabukadiki
Prolative	*čabukali
Elative	*čabukagiʒi
Instrumental	*čabukaʒi
Delative	*čabukalāki
Directive	*čabukatiki
Comitative	*čabukagili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: 朝哈 (čauha /⁠čao-ha⁠/, “army; soldier”)
  - Manchu: ᠴᠣᠣᡥᠠ (cooha, “army; soldier”)
Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
  - Negidal: чавха (čawxa), чауха (čauxa)
- South Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: чауха (čauxa)
    - Udihe: чава (čawa)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: чаоха (čaoxa)
    - Orok: ча́уха (čáuxa)
    - Ulch: чау̇ха (čaụxa), чавха (čawxa)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 402
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 266.