Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ʒabda

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

Noun

*ʒabda

1. a big snake (python etc.)

Declension

Declension of *ʒabda

	Singular
Nominative	*ʒabda
Accusative	*ʒabdaba
Genitive	*ʒabdaŋī
Dative	*ʒabdadua
Locative	*ʒabdala
Ablative	*ʒabdadiki
Prolative	*ʒabdali
Elative	*ʒabdagiʒi
Instrumental	*ʒabdaʒi
Delative	*ʒabdalāki
Directive	*ʒabdatiki
Comitative	*ʒabdagili

Derived terms

• *ʒabdan
  • Jurchenic:
    • Manchu: ᠵᠠᠪᠵᠠᠨ (jabjan)
  • Tungusic:
    • South Tungusic:
      • Nanai: дябдян (žabžan, “boa snake”)
      • Ulch: дябдя(н) (žabža(n), “boa snake”)
• *ʒabdar
  • Tungusic:
    • North Tungusic:
      • Evenki: дябдар (ʒabdar, “a monster in a snake form”)
      • Negidal: дябдар (žabdar)

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: дябда (ʒaʙda)
    • Negidal: дябда (ʒabda)
    • Solon: ǯagda
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: дяабда (žabda)
      • Udihe: ӡабда (žabda)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Orok: дабда (dabda)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 239