Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xoldan

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 *xolda- +‎ *-n.

Compare Ulch холдоксо (xoldokso, “board”) and Negidal олдохсо (oldoxso, “coffin”) (< *xoldaksa).

Noun

*xoldan

side
thigh

Declension

Declension of *xoldan

	Singular
Nominative	*xoldan
Accusative	*xoldanba
Genitive	*xoldanŋī
Dative	*xoldandua
Locative	*xoldanla
Ablative	*xoldandiki
Prolative	*xoldanli
Elative	*xoldangiʒi
Instrumental	*xoldanʒi
Delative	*xoldanlāki
Directive	*xoldantiki
Comitative	*xoldangili

Descendants

Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
  - Even: олда̄н (oldān)
  - Evenki: олдон (oldon)
  - Negidal: олдо̄н (oldōn)
  - Oroqen: ɔldɔn
  - Solon: oldo
- South Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: огдо(н) (ogdo(n))
    - Udihe: огдо(н) (ogdo(n))
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: холдон (xoldon)
    - Orok: холдо(н) (xoldo(n))
    - Ulch: холдо(н) (xoldo(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, page 46
Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 13