Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/moŋgan

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

*mońgan (per EDAL)
*moŋan (per Benzing)

Noun

*moŋgan

neck

Declension

Declension of *moŋgan

	Singular
Nominative	*moŋgan
Accusative	*moŋganba
Genitive	*moŋganŋī
Dative	*moŋgandua
Locative	*moŋganlā
Ablative	*moŋgandiki
Prolative	*moŋganli
Elative	*moŋgangiʒi
Instrumental	*moŋganʒi
Delative	*moŋganlāki
Directive	*moŋgantiki
Comitative	*moŋgangili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Manchu: ᠮᠣᠩᡤᠣᠨ (monggon)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Evenki: моӈон (moŋon)
  - Negidal: моӈон (moŋon)
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: моӈго(н) (moŋgo(n))
    - Udihe: мё (mjo)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: моӈгон (moŋgon)
    - Orok: моӈго(н) (moŋgo(n))
    - Ulch: моӈго (moŋgo)

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 23
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 546
Doerfer, Gerhard, Knüppel, Michael (2004) Etymologisch-ethnologisches Wörterbuch tungusischer Dialekte, Hildesheim: Olms, page 553