Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/agulān

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

The possible derivation is *agī- (“to walk without a road”) +‎ *-lān. The deriving stem could be a borrowing from Mongolic *axui (“wide”). ^[1]

Relationship to Proto-Mongolic *axula (“mountain”) is unclear.

Noun

*agulān

meadow, plain

Declension

Declension of *agulān

	Singular
Nominative	*agulān
Accusative	*agulānba
Genitive	*agulānŋī
Dative	*agulāndua
Locative	*agulānlā
Ablative	*agulāndiki
Prolative	*agulānli
Elative	*agulāngiʒi
Instrumental	*agulānʒi
Delative	*agulānlāki
Directive	*agulāntiki
Comitative	*agulāngili

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: авлан (awlan), авалан (awalan)
  - Evenki: авла̄н (awlān), агла̄н (aglān)
  - Negidal: авлан (awlan)
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: аудан (audan)
    - Udihe: аудан (audan)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: аодан (aodan)
    - Orok: авла(н) (awla(n)), ау́ла(н) (aụla(n))
    - Ulch: ауда (auda)

References

^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1985), Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 123

Cincius, V. I. (1975), Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 9

[1] Doerfer, Gerhard (1985), Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 123

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