Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ńuŋńakī

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 *ńuŋńa- +‎ *-kī.

Noun

*ńuŋńakī

goose

Declension

Declension of *ńuŋńakī

	Singular
Nominative	*ńuŋńakī
Accusative	*ńuŋńakība
Genitive	*ńuŋńakīŋī
Dative	*ńuŋńakīdua
Locative	*ńuŋńakīlā
Ablative	*ńuŋńakīdiki
Prolative	*ńuŋńakīli
Elative	*ńuŋńakīgiʒi
Instrumental	*ńuŋńakīʒi
Delative	*ńuŋńakīlāki
Directive	*ńuŋńakītiki
Comitative	*ńuŋńakīgili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: 牛捏哈 (niyongniyaha /⁠niu-nie-ha⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᠨᡳᠣᠩᠨᡳᠶᠠᡥᠠ (niongniyaha)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: нунки (nunki, “cormorant”)
  - Evenki: нюӈнякӣ (ņuŋņakī)
  - Negidal: нёӈняхӣ (ńoŋńaxī), нёӈнякӣ (ńoŋńakī), нёӈньихӣ (ńoŋńixī)
  - Oroqen: ɲuŋɲakɪ
  - Solon: nụnnaxi
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: нюӈняхи (ńuŋńaxi), нюӈня’й (ńuŋńa'i)
    - Udihe: нюӈняи (ńuŋńai)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: нёӈня (ńoŋńa)
    - Orok: ну́ӈна (nụŋna)
    - Ulch: н’уӈн’а (ńụŋńa), н’у̇ӈн’а

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 26
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 611, 623, 646-647
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 218.