Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/aduli

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

  • *adulï (per Janhunen) [1]

Etymology

Compare Even адалчидай (adalcidaj, to fish with net) (< *adulči- ?).

Noun

*aduli

  1. fishnet

Declension

Descendants

  • Tungusic:
    • Northern Tungusic:
      • Even: адал (adal)
      • Evenki: адал (adal), адыл (adil)
      • Negidal: адел (adel), адил (adil)
      • >? Oroqen: adɪlɪn (as in “ata:kɛ:ŋi adɪlɪn”), adɪl (fishnet)
      • Solon: adali
    • Southern Tungusic:
      • Central:
        • Oroch: адули (aduli)
        • Udihe: адили (adili)
      • South-Eastern:

References

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander; Janhunen, Juha; de la Fuente, José Andrés Alonso (2023), The Tungusic Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), Abingdon: Routledge, page 42
  • 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 24