Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/aʒin

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 *aʒi- +‎ *-n.

Noun

*aʒin

1. a kind of sturgeon, especially kaluga / beluga.

Declension

Declension of *aʒin

	Singular
Nominative	*aʒin
Accusative	*aʒinba
Genitive	*aʒinŋī
Dative	*aʒindua
Locative	*aʒinla
Ablative	*aʒindiki
Prolative	*aʒinli
Elative	*aʒingiʒi
Instrumental	*aʒinʒi
Delative	*aʒinlāki
Directive	*aʒintiki
Comitative	*aʒingili

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Manchu: ᠠᠵᡳᠨ (ajin)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Evenki: адин (aʒin)
    • Negidal: адин (ažin)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Udihe: аӡи(н) (ažin)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: адин (ažin)
      • Ulch: ади̇(н) (ažin)

Refeịrences

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 16