Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/tolkin

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 *tolki- +‎ *-n. Cognate with *tolkiči- (“to dream”).

Noun

*tolkin

1. dream (seen while sleeping)

Declension

Declension of *tolkin

	Singular
Nominative	*tolkin
Accusative	*tolkinba
Genitive	*tolkinŋī
Dative	*tolkindua
Locative	*tolkinla
Ablative	*tolkindiki
Prolative	*tolkinli
Elative	*tolkingiʒi
Instrumental	*tolkinʒi
Delative	*tolkinlāki
Directive	*tolkintiki
Comitative	*tolkingili

Related terms

• *tolkiči- (“to dream”)

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 讬力希 (tolgin /⁠to-li-hi⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᡨᠣᠯᡤᡳᠨ (tolgin)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: толкун (tolkun)
    • Evenki: толкин (tolkin)
    • Negidal: толкин (tolkin)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: токки (tokki)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: толкин (tolkin)
      • Orok: толчи́(н) (tolčị(n))
      • Ulch: толчи̇(н) (tolčị(n))

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 195
• 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 305.