Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/nāŋsa

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 edit

Alternative Reconstructions edit

*nāŋda (per Benzing)

Reconstruction notes edit

EDAL reconstructs with *-ŋs- perhaps due to preservation in Negidal and Oroch as -ŋn-, however other descendants clearly reflect *nāŋda.

Noun edit

*nāŋsa

debt

Declension edit

Declension of *nāŋsa

	Singular
Nominative	*nāŋsa
Accusative	*nāŋsaba
Genitive	*nāŋsaŋī
Dative	*nāŋsadua
Locative	*nāŋsala
Ablative	*nāŋsadiki
Prolative	*nāŋsali
Elative	*nāŋsagiʒi
Instrumental	*nāŋsaʒi
Delative	*nāŋsalāki
Directive	*nāŋsatiki
Comitative	*nāŋsagili

Descendants edit

Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
  - Even: на̄н (nān) (< *nānda ?)
  - Negidal: на̄ӈна (nāŋna)
- South Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: наӈна (naŋna)
    - Udihe: наӈда (naŋda)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: наӈда (naŋda)
    - Orok: наӈда (naŋda)
    - Ulch: наӈда (naŋda)

References edit

Benzing, Johannes (1955) Die tungusischen Sprachen. Versuch einer vergleichenden Grammatik (Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse; 11) (in German), Wiesbaden: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz in Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag, page 37
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 582-583