Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/kamdun

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

*kamnun
*kamdo(n) (per Janhunen)

Etymology

From *kamdu- +‎ *-n.

Noun

*kamdun

fish glue, isinglass

Declension

Declension of *kamdun

	Singular
Nominative	*kamdun
Accusative	*kamdunba
Genitive	*kamdunŋī
Dative	*kamdundua
Locative	*kamdunlā
Ablative	*kamdundiki
Prolative	*kamdunli
Elative	*kamdungiʒi
Instrumental	*kamdunʒi
Delative	*kamdunlāki
Directive	*kamduntiki
Comitative	*kamdungili

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic: *kamnun
  - Even: канма (kanma)
  - Evenki: камнун (kamnun)
  - Negidal: камнун (kamnun)
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central: *kamnun
    - Oroch: камну (kamnu)
    - Udihe: камну (kamnu)
  - South-Eastern: *kamdun
    - Nanai: камдон (kamdon)
    - Orok: камду́(н) (kamdụn)
    - Ulch: камду (kamdu)

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 41
Vovin, Alexander; Janhunen, Juha; de la Fuente, José Andrés Alonso (2023), The Tungusic Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), Abingdon: Routledge, page 46
Cincius, V. I. (1975), Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 370