Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/čabuka

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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

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Etymology

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Derived from *čabu +‎ *-ka. Possibly related to Proto-Turkic *čabuĺč (military commander), Proto-Mongolic *caxur (military raid) and Khitan 炒伍侕 (čawur, battle). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Compare also Udihe чавала- (čawala-, to fight, war).

Noun

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*čabuka

  1. army, military

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Jurchenic:
    • Jurchen: 朝哈 (čauha /⁠čao-ha⁠/, army; soldier)
  • Tungusic:

References

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  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 402
  • Kane, Daniel (1989) The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 266.