Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/okta

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

*okta

medicine, powder

Declension

Declension of *okta

	Singular
Nominative	*okta
Accusative	*oktaba
Genitive	*oktaŋī
Dative	*oktadua
Locative	*oktalā
Ablative	*oktadiki
Prolative	*oktali
Elative	*oktagiʒi
Instrumental	*oktaʒi
Delative	*oktalāki
Directive	*oktatiki
Comitative	*oktagili

Derived terms

*oktači- (“to heal, cure”)

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Manchu: ᠣᡴ᠋ᡨ᠋ᠣ (okto)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Oroqen: ɔgtɔ
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: окто (okto)
    - Udihe: о̄кто (ōkto)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: окто (okto)
    - Orok: окто (okto)
    - Ulch: окто (okto)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 11