Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xǖ(n)čēn

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

Alternative reconstructions

The existence of intervocalic /*-n-/ is unclear. EDAL reconstructs it with an *-n-, while Benzing does not.

Etymology

From *xǖ(n)- +‎ *-čēn (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

*xǖčēn or *xǖnčēn

elbow

Declension

Declension of *xǖ(n)čēn

	Singular
Nominative	*xǖ(n)čēn
Accusative	*xǖ(n)čēnbe
Genitive	*xǖ(n)čēnŋī
Dative	*xǖ(n)čēndüe
Locative	*xǖ(n)čēnlē
Ablative	*xǖ(n)čēndiki
Prolative	*xǖ(n)čēnli
Elative	*xǖ(n)čēngiʒi
Instrumental	*xǖ(n)čēnʒi
Delative	*xǖ(n)čēnlēki
Directive	*xǖ(n)čēntiki
Comitative	*xǖ(n)čēngili

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: ечэ̄н (jecə̄n)
  - Evenki: ӣчэ̄н (īçə̄n)
  - Negidal: ӣчэ̄н (īčēn), ӣча̄н (īčān)
  - Oroqen: itʃɛn
  - Solon: īnče
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: ӣчо(н) (īčo(n))
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: хуйчэн (hujčen)
    - Orok: ӯитэ (ūitə)
    - Ulch: унчэ(н) (unče(n))

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 24-25
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 336