Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/sargakta

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 *sarga- +‎ *-kta.

Noun

*sargakta

1. herring

Descendants

• Northern:
  • Even: [script needed] (sargaka, “perch”)
  • Negidal: [script needed] (saygatï)
• South-Eastern:
  • Orok: сарӯкӣ (sarükï), Orok: сарӯккӣ (sarükkï)
  • Ulch: [script needed] (sargadï, “grub, chow”)
• South-Central:
  • Manchu: ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠ
    ᠨᡳᠮᠠᡥᠠ (sarga nimaha, “white fish”)

References

• Vowel Epenthesis in Orok ulisä ‘meat’, ALONSO DE LA FUENTE, José Andrés (2013), 北方人文研究, 6, p121 (5)