Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/aduli

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

Compare Even адалчидай (adalcidaj, “to fish with net”) (< *adulči- ?).

Noun

*aduli

1. fishnet

Declension

Declension of *aduli

	Singular
Nominative	*aduli
Accusative	*aduliba
Genitive	*aduliŋī
Dative	*adulidua
Locative	*adulila
Ablative	*adulidiki
Prolative	*adulili
Elative	*aduligiʒi
Instrumental	*aduliʒi
Delative	*adulilāki
Directive	*adulitiki
Comitative	*aduligili

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: адал (adal)
    • Evenki: адал (adal), адыл (adil)
    • Negidal: адел (adel), адил (adil)
    • >? Oroqen: adɪlɪn (as in “ata:kɛ:ŋi adɪlɪn”), adɪl (“fishnet”)
    • Solon: adali
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: адули (aduli)
      • Udihe: адили (adili)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: адоли (adoli)
      • Orok: аду́ли́ (adụlị), адали́ (adalị)
      • Ulch: аду̇ли̇ (adụlị)

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 24