Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/tōkī

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 *tō- +‎ *-kī.

Noun

*tōkī

elk

Declension

Declension of *tōkī

	Singular
Nominative	*tōkī
Accusative	*tōkība
Genitive	*tōkīŋī
Dative	*tōkīdua
Locative	*tōkīlā
Ablative	*tōkīdiki
Prolative	*tōkīli
Elative	*tōkīgiʒi
Instrumental	*tōkīʒi
Delative	*tōkīlāki
Directive	*tōkītiki
Comitative	*tōkīgili

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: то̄ки (tōki)
  - Evenki: то̄кӣ (tōkī)
  - Negidal: то̄хӣ (tōxī), то̄кӣ (tōkī)
  - Solon: toxi
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: то̄кӣ (tōki)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: то̄ (tō)
    - Orok: то̄ (tō), того (togo)
    - Ulch: то̄ (tō)

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 67
Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 191-192