Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ulgukī

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 *ulgu- +‎ *-kī.

Noun

*ulgukī

chipmunk

Declension

Declension of *ulgukī

	Singular
Nominative	*ulgukī
Accusative	*ulgukība
Genitive	*ulgukīŋī
Dative	*ulgukīdua
Locative	*ulgukīlā
Ablative	*ulgukīdiki
Prolative	*ulgukīli
Elative	*ulgukīgiʒi
Instrumental	*ulgukīʒi
Delative	*ulgukīlāki
Directive	*ulgukītiki
Comitative	*ulgukīgili

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Evenki: улгукӣ (ulgukī)
  - Solon: urgukī
- Southern Tungusic:
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: улги (ulgi)
    - Ulch: улди(н) (ulǯi(n))

References

Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 258