Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/pundāʒu

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 *pundā +‎ *-ʒu (“diminutive suffix for living creatures”).

Noun

*pundāʒu

sister, girl
female cousin

Declension

Declension of *pundāʒu

	Singular
Nominative	*pundāʒu
Accusative	*pundāʒuba
Genitive	*pundāʒuŋī
Dative	*pundāʒudua
Locative	*pundāʒulā
Ablative	*pundāʒudiki
Prolative	*pundāʒuli
Elative	*pundāʒugiʒi
Instrumental	*pundāʒuʒi
Delative	*pundāʒulāki
Directive	*pundāʒutiki
Comitative	*pundāʒugili

Derived terms

*pundāʒukān

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: хунадь (hunaʒ, “daughter”)
  - Evenki: хунат (hunat, “daughter”)
  - Negidal: хона̄т (xonāt, “girl”)
  - >? Oroqen: utə (“child”)
  - Solon: unāʒi
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: хунади (xunaʒi)
    - Udihe: хунаʒи (xunaʒi)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: пондадё (pondaʒo)
    - Orok: пу́ндаду́ (púndadú), пу́ндадо (púndado) ("unmarried girl")
    - Ulch: пу̇ндадю (pụndaʒụ)

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 60
Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 347-348