Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ńāksa

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 *ńā- (“to rot”) +‎ *-ksa.

Noun

*ńāksa

1. pus

Declension

Declension of *ńāksa

	Singular
Nominative	*ńāksa
Accusative	*ńāksaba
Genitive	*ńāksaŋī
Dative	*ńāksadua
Locative	*ńāksala
Ablative	*ńāksadiki
Prolative	*ńāksali
Elative	*ńāksagiʒi
Instrumental	*ńāksaʒi
Delative	*ńāksalāki
Directive	*ńāksatiki
Comitative	*ńāksagili

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Manchu: ᠨᡳᠶᠠᡴᡳ (niyaki)
• Tungusic:
  • North ńTungusic:
    • Even: ня̄с (ņās)
    • Evenki: ня̄ксэ (ņāksə)
    • Negidal: ня̄хса (ńāxsa)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: няха (ńāxa)
      • Udihe: некса (neksa)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: ня̄кса (ńāksa)
      • Orok: ԩа̄кса (ńāksa)
      • Ulch: н’е̄кса (ńēksa)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 628-629