Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ŋüikte

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

Alternative reconstructions

*ŋǖŋte (per EDAL)
*ŋünikte (per Benzing)
*ŋüikte (per Doerfer & Knüppel)

Etymology

From *ŋüi- +‎ *-kte, whence also *ŋüiti.

Noun

*ŋüikte

root
Synonym: *daga
origin

Declension

Declension of *ŋüikte

	Singular
Nominative	*ŋüikte
Accusative	*ŋüiktebe
Genitive	*ŋüikteŋī
Dative	*ŋüiktedüe
Locative	*ŋüiktelē
Ablative	*ŋüiktediki
Prolative	*ŋüikteli
Elative	*ŋüiktegiʒi
Instrumental	*ŋüikteʒi
Delative	*ŋüiktelēki
Directive	*ŋüiktetiki
Comitative	*ŋüiktegili

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: ӈиӈтэ (ŋiŋtə)
  - Evenki: ниӈтэ (ņiŋtə), ӈиӈтэ (ŋiŋtə)
  - Negidal: ниӈтэ (niŋte), ӈиӈтэ (ŋiŋte)
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: ӈиӈтэ (ŋiŋte)
    - Udihe: ӈиӈтэ (ŋiŋte)
  - South-Eastern: *ŋinda
    - Nanai: муиктэ (muikte)
    - Orok: муиктэ (muiktə)
    - Ulch: муйктэ (mujkte)

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 37
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 662
Doerfer, Gerhard, Knüppel, Michael (2004) Etymologisch-ethnologisches Wörterbuch tungusischer Dialekte, Hildesheim: Olms, page 601