Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ʒabda

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

Noun

*ʒabda

a big snake (python etc.)

Declension

Declension of *ʒabda

	Singular
Nominative	*ʒabda
Accusative	*ʒabdaba
Genitive	*ʒabdaŋī
Dative	*ʒabdadua
Locative	*ʒabdalā
Ablative	*ʒabdadiki
Prolative	*ʒabdali
Elative	*ʒabdagiʒi
Instrumental	*ʒabdaʒi
Delative	*ʒabdalāki
Directive	*ʒabdatiki
Comitative	*ʒabdagili

Derived terms

*ʒabdan
- Jurchenic:
  - Manchu: ᠵᠠᠪᠵᠠᠨ (jabjan)
- Tungusic:
  - Southern Tungusic:
    - Nanai: дябдян (ʒabʒan, “grass snake”)
    - Ulch: дябдя(н) (ʒabʒa(n), “boa snake”)
*ʒabdar
- Tungusic:
  - Northern Tungusic:
    - Evenki: дябдар (ʒabdar, “a monster in a snake form”)
    - Negidal: дябдар (ʒabdar)

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: дябда (ʒaʙda)
  - Negidal: дябда (ʒabda)
  - Solon: ǯagda
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: дяабда (ʒabda)
    - Udihe: ӡабда (ʒabda)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Orok: дабда (dabda)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 239