Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/agulān

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

The possible derivation is *agī- (“to walk without a road”) +‎ *-lān. The deriving stem could be a borrowing from Mongolic *axui (“wide”).

Relationship to Proto-Mongolic *axula (“mountain”) is unclear.

Noun

*agulān

1. meadow, plain

Declension

Declension of *agulān

	Singular
Nominative	*agulān
Accusative	*agulānba
Genitive	*agulānŋī
Dative	*agulāndua
Locative	*agulānla
Ablative	*agulāndiki
Prolative	*agulānli
Elative	*agulāngiʒi
Instrumental	*agulānʒi
Delative	*agulānlāki
Directive	*agulāntiki
Comitative	*agulāngili

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: авлан (awlan)
    • Evenki: авла̄н (awlān), агла̄н (aglān)
    • Negidal: авлан (awlan)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: аудан (audan)
      • Udihe: аудан (audan)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: аодан (aodan)
      • Orok: авла(н) (awla(n)), ау́ла(н) (aụla(n))
      • Ulch: авда(н) (awda(n)), ау̇да(н) (aụda(n))

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 9