Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/bosakta

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 *bosa- +‎ *-kta.

Noun

*bosakta

kidney

Declension

Declension of *bosakta

	Singular
Nominative	*bosakta
Accusative	*bosaktaba
Genitive	*bosaktaŋī
Dative	*bosaktadua
Locative	*bosaktalā
Ablative	*bosaktadiki
Prolative	*bosaktali
Elative	*bosaktagiʒi
Instrumental	*bosaktaʒi
Delative	*bosaktalāki
Directive	*bosaktatiki
Comitative	*bosaktagili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Manchu: ᠪᠣᠰᡥᠣ (bosho)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: боста (ʙosta)
  - Evenki: босокто (bosokto)
  - Negidal: босокто (bosokto)
  - Oroqen: bɔʃɔktɔ
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Udihe: бо̄кто (bōkto)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: босокто (bosokto)
    - Orok: босокто (bosokto)
    - Ulch: босокто (bosokto)

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 72
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 97