Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/sugʒansa

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 *sugʒa- +‎ *-n-sa. The original meaning has to be “fish”, and the sense “salmon” had evolved later and unique to North-Tungusic branch.

Noun

*sugʒansa

fish

Declension

Declension of *sugʒansa

	Singular
Nominative	*sugʒansa
Accusative	*sugʒansaba
Genitive	*sugʒansaŋī
Dative	*sugʒansadua
Locative	*sugʒansalā
Ablative	*sugʒansadiki
Prolative	*sugʒansali
Elative	*sugʒansagiʒi
Instrumental	*sugʒansaʒi
Delative	*sugʒansalāki
Directive	*sugʒansatiki
Comitative	*sugʒansagili

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: [script needed] (hụǯъ̣nrъ̣, “salmon”)
  - Evenki: сугдянна (sugʒanna, “salmon”)
  - Negidal: согӡана (sogӡanna, “salmon”)
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: сугдяса (sugdjasa)
    - Udihe: сугдя (sugdja)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: согдата (sogdata)
    - Orok: су́ндатта (súndatta), суӈдатта (suŋdatta)
    - Ulch: су̇гдата (sụgdata)

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 30
Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 118-119