Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/čālban

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

*čālban

1. birch (tree)

Declension

Declension of *čālban

	Singular
Nominative	*čālban
Accusative	*čālbanba
Genitive	*čālbanŋī
Dative	*čālbandua
Locative	*čālbanlā
Ablative	*čālbandiki
Prolative	*čālbanli
Elative	*čālbangiʒi
Instrumental	*čālbanʒi
Delative	*čālbanlāki
Directive	*čālbantiki
Comitative	*čālbangili

Descendants

• Northern
  • Even: ча̄лбан (cālʙan)
  • Evenki: чалбан (çalban)
  • Negidal:
  • Oroqen: tʃa꞉lban
  • Solon: qaalbang, saalbang
• Central
  • Oroch:
  • Udihe:
• South-Eastern:
  • Nanai:
  • Orok:
  • Ulch:
• South-Central:
  • Jurchen:
  • Manchu: ᠴᠠᠯᡶᠠ (calfa, “bark of birch”)
• Mongolic
  • → Daur: caalbaang

References

• Vovin, Alexander; Janhunen, Juha; de la Fuente, José Andrés Alonso (2023), The Tungusic Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), Abingdon: Routledge, page 209