Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/-kī

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

Has been compared to Proto-Japonic *-ki and Proto-Koreanic *-ki by Robbeets.

Suffix

*-kī

1. animal-forming suffix.

Related terms

• *piala-kī (“partridge”)
• *pinu-kī (“hazel-hen”)
• *saksa-kī (“magpie”)
• *sula-kī (“fox”)
• *suʒa-kī (“cat”)
• *tora-kī (“boar”)
• *tuksa-kī (“hare”)
• *turā-kī (“crow, rook”)
• *tō-kī (“elk”)
• *ulgu-kī (“chipmunk”)
• *xere-kī (“frog”)
• *xulu-kī (“squirrel”)
• *ńuŋńa-kī (“goose”)
• *ʒele-kī (“ermine”)