Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xïlaga

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

Formally derived from *xïla- (“to blossom”) +‎ *-ga. Nanai and Oroch point to *xïlakta.

Noun

*xïlaga

flower

Declension

Declension of *xïlaga

	Singular
Nominative	*xïlaga
Accusative	*xïlagaba
Genitive	*xïlagaŋī
Dative	*xïlagadua
Locative	*xïlagalā
Ablative	*xïlagadiki
Prolative	*xïlagali
Elative	*xïlagagiʒi
Instrumental	*xïlagaʒi
Delative	*xïlagalāki
Directive	*xïlagatiki
Comitative	*xïlagagili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: 亦剌 (ilha /⁠i-la⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᡳᠯᡥᠠ (ilha), ᡳᠯᡤᠠ (ilga)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Evenki: илага (ilaga)
  - Negidal: елага (elaga)
  - Oroqen: ɪlga
  - Solon: ilga, илга (ilga)
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: илакта (ilakta)
    - Udihe: ила (ila)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: силакта (silakta)
    - Orok: си́лла (sílla)
    - Ulch: сила (sila)

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 18
Cincius, V. I. (1975), Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 304
Kane, Daniel (1989), The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 203.