Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/sulakī

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 *sula- +‎ *-kī.

Noun

*sulakī

fox

Declencion

Declension of *sulakī

	Singular
Nominative	*sulakī
Accusative	*sulakība
Genitive	*sulakīŋī
Dative	*sulakīdua
Locative	*sulakīlā
Ablative	*sulakīdiki
Prolative	*sulakīli
Elative	*sulakīgiʒi
Instrumental	*sulakīʒi
Delative	*sulakīlāki
Directive	*sulakītiki
Comitative	*sulakīgili

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: хули (huli), хуличан (hulican)
  - Evenki: сулакӣ (sulakī)
  - Negidal: солакӣ (solaxī), солакӣ (solakī)
  - Oroqen: sʊlakɪ
  - Solon: sụlaki
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: сулаки (sulaki)
    - Udihe: сул’аи (sulˀai)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: солаки (solaki), соли (soli)
    - Orok: су́ли́ (sụlị)
    - Ulch: су̇ли̇ (su̇lị)

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, pages 66-67
Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 124