Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/monon

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

Alternative Reconstructions

• *molon

Noun

*monon

1. maple (tree)

Declension

Declension of *monon

	Singular
Nominative	*monon
Accusative	*mononba
Genitive	*mononŋī
Dative	*monondua
Locative	*mononla
Ablative	*monondiki
Prolative	*mononli
Elative	*monongiʒi
Instrumental	*mononʒi
Delative	*mononlāki
Directive	*monontiki
Comitative	*monongili

See also

• *in'ŋamu-kta (“cloudberry”)
• *xiba-gda (“ash tree”)
• *xami-gda (“poplar”)
• *kilden (“linden”)

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: монон (monon)
    • Evenki: монон (monon)
    • Negidal: монон (monon)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: моно (mono)
      • Udihe: моно (mono)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: монон (monon)
      • Orok:
      • Ulch: моно (mono)

References

• Bläsing, Uwe, “The Tungusic Plant Names in Primitiae Florae Amurensis, Versuch einer Flora des Amurlandes by Carl Joh. Maximowicz”, Man and Nature in the Altaic World, Proceedings of the 49th Permanent International Altaistic Conference, Berlin, Jul y 30 - August 4, 2006, Berlin 2012: page 42