Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/dō

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

Has been compared to Proto-Mongolic *doto-ra (“inside”), whence Mongolian дотор (dotor, “inside”).

Jurchen and Oroqen point to locative form *dōlā.

Noun

*dō

Declension

Declension of *dō

	Singular
Nominative	*dō
Accusative	*dōba
Genitive	*dōŋī
Dative	*dōdua
Locative	*dōlā
Ablative	*dōdiki
Prolative	*dōli
Elative	*dōgiʒi
Instrumental	*dōʒi
Delative	*dōlāki
Directive	*dōtiki
Comitative	*dōgili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: 朵儸 (dolo /⁠do-lo⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᡩᠣ᠋ (do)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: до̄ (dō)
  - Evenki: до̄ (dō), догу (dogu)
  - Oroqen: dɔ:la:
  - Negidal: до̄ (dō), до̄нин (dōnin)
  - Solon: dō
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: до̄ (dō)
    - Udihe: до̄ (dō)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: до̄ (dō)
    - Orok: до̄ (dō)
    - Ulch: до̄ (dō)

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 96
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 209-210
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 370.