Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/uligan

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

Possibly related to Khitan 𘱆 (*ui, “pig”).

Noun

*uligan

pig

Declension

Declension of *uligan

	Singular
Nominative	*uligan
Accusative	*uliganba
Genitive	*uliganŋī
Dative	*uligandua
Locative	*uliganlā
Ablative	*uligandiki
Prolative	*uliganli
Elative	*uligangiʒi
Instrumental	*uliganʒi
Delative	*uliganlāki
Directive	*uligantiki
Comitative	*uligangili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: 兀甲 (ulgiyan /⁠u-gia⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᡠᠯᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ (ulgiyan)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Negidal: олгин (olgin), оргин (orgin)
  - Oroqen: ʊlgɛn
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Udihe: вагя (wagja)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: олгиан (olgian)
    - Orok: орге (orge)
    - Ulch: орги̇(н) (orgịn)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 259
Kane, Daniel (1989) The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 216.