Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/palgan

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 *palga- +‎ *-n.

Noun

*palgan

foot
Synonym: *begdi
foot sole
Synonym: *pagdikī

Declension

Declension of *palgan

	Singular
Nominative	*palgan
Accusative	*palganba
Genitive	*palganŋī
Dative	*palgandua
Locative	*palganlā
Ablative	*palgandiki
Prolative	*palganli
Elative	*palgangiʒi
Instrumental	*palganʒi
Delative	*palganlāki
Directive	*palgantiki
Comitative	*palgangili

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: халган (halgan)
  - Evenki: халган (halgan)
  - Negidal: халган (xalgan)
  - Oroqen: algan
  - Solon: alɣa
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: хага (xaga, “paw”)
    - Udihe: хага (xaga, “paw; bear's trace”)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: палган (palgan)
    - Orok: палʒа(н) (palʒa(n))
    - Ulch: палдя(н) (palʒan)

References

Fuchs, Walter; Lopatin, Ivan A.; Menges, Karl; Denis, Sinor (1968), Tungusologie (Handbuch der Orientalistik; V.3), Leiden and Köln: Brill, page 102
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 45
Cincius, V. I. (1977), Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 312