Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/tōkī

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 *tō- +‎ *-kī.

Noun

*tōkī

1. elk

Declension

Declension of *tōkī

	Singular
Nominative	*tōkī
Accusative	*tōkība
Genitive	*tōkīŋī
Dative	*tōkīdua
Locative	*tōkīla
Ablative	*tōkīdiki
Prolative	*tōkīli
Elative	*tōkīgiʒi
Instrumental	*tōkīʒi
Delative	*tōkīlāki
Directive	*tōkītiki
Comitative	*tōkīgili

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: то̄ки (tōki)
    • Evenki: то̄кӣ (tōkī)
    • Negidal: то̄хӣ (tōxī), то̄кӣ (tōkī)
    • Solon: toxi
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: то̄кӣ (tōki)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: то̄ (tō)
      • Orok: то̄ (tō), того (togo)
      • Ulch: то̄ (tō)

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 67
• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 191-192