Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/gürkü

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

  • *gürkǖ

Etymology

The sense "wolf" in Evenki is due to taboo speech.

Descendants with the sense of "uncle" might be inherited from *göčö.[1]

Noun

*gürkü

  1. friend, mate, companion
    Synonym: *anda

Declension

Declension of *gürkü
Singular
Nominative *gürkü
Accusative *gürkübe
Genitive *gürküŋī
Dative *gürküdüe
Locative *gürkülē
Ablative *gürküdiki
Prolative *gürküli
Elative *gürkügiʒi
Instrumental *gürküʒi
Delative *gürkülēki
Directive *gürkütiki
Comitative *gürkügili

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Jurchen: *guču
  • Tungusic:
    • Northern Tungusic:
      • Evenki: гиркэ (girkə)
      • Even: гиркӣ (girkī), гускэ (guskə, “wolf”)
      • Negidal: гӣхӣ (gīxī)
    • Southern Tungusic:
      • Central:
        • >? Oroch: гочо (gočo, “uncle”)
        • >? Udihe: гуфу (gufu, “uncle”)
      • South-Eastern:
        • >? Nanai: гучэкэ (gučeke, “uncle”)
        • Ulch: гочу (goču)

References

  1. ^ * Doerfer, Gerhard; Knüppel, Michael (2004), Etymologisch-ethnologisches Wörterbuch tungusischer Dialekte, Hildesheim: Olms, pages 336-337
  • 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 48
  • Cincius, V. I. (1975), Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 155, 175
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