Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/laka
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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
Has been compared to Proto-Mongolic *laka (“sheathfish”) and Proto-Japonic *nakatay (“a kind of fish; eel”).
However; Doerfer rejects the Mongolic cognate and considers it as a loanword from Tungusic, because native Mongolic words don't allow initial *l-. [1]
Noun
*laka
- a name of a fish; goby
Declension
Declension of *laka
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *laka |
| Accusative | *lakaba |
| Genitive | *lakaŋī |
| Dative | *lakadua |
| Locative | *lakala |
| Ablative | *lakadiki |
| Prolative | *lakali |
| Elative | *lakagiʒi |
| Instrumental | *lakaʒi |
| Delative | *lakalāki |
| Directive | *lakatiki |
| Comitative | *lakagili |
Descendants
- Tungusic:
References
- ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 91
- Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 487-488