Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xoldan

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 *xolda- +‎ *-n.

Compare Ulch холдоксо (xoldokso, “board”) and Negidal олдохсо (oldoxso, “coffin”) (< *xoldaksa).

Noun

*xoldan

1. side
2. thigh

Declension

Declension of *xoldan

	Singular
Nominative	*xoldan
Accusative	*xoldanba
Genitive	*xoldanŋī
Dative	*xoldandua
Locative	*xoldanla
Ablative	*xoldandiki
Prolative	*xoldanli
Elative	*xoldangiʒi
Instrumental	*xoldanʒi
Delative	*xoldanlāki
Directive	*xoldantiki
Comitative	*xoldangili

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: олда̄н (oldān)
    • Evenki: олдон (oldon)
    • Negidal: олдо̄н (oldōn)
    • Oroqen: ɔldɔn
    • Solon: oldo
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: огдо(н) (ogdo(n))
      • Udihe: огдо(н) (ogdo(n))
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: холдон (xoldon)
      • Orok: холдо(н) (xoldo(n))
      • Ulch: холдо(н) (xoldo(n))

References

• 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 46
• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 13