Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/laka

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

Has been compared to Proto-Mongolic *laka (“sheathfish”) and Proto-Japonic *nakatay (“a kind of fish; eel”).

However; Doerfer rejects the Mongolic cognate and considers it as a loanword from Tungusic, because native Mongolic words don't allow initial *l-.

Noun

*laka

1. a name of a fish; goby

Declension

Declension of *laka

	Singular
Nominative	*laka
Accusative	*lakaba
Genitive	*lakaŋī
Dative	*lakadua
Locative	*lakala
Ablative	*lakadiki
Prolative	*lakali
Elative	*lakagiʒi
Instrumental	*lakaʒi
Delative	*lakalāki
Directive	*lakatiki
Comitative	*lakagili

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Evenki: лака (laka)
    • Negidal: лахана (laxana)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: лака (laka)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: ла̄ка (lāka)
      • Orok: лакка (lakka, “herring”)
      • Ulch: лака (laka)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 487-488