Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/gusin

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 *gusi- +‎ *-n.

Noun

*gusin

1. maternal uncle

Declension

Declension of *gusin

	Singular
Nominative	*gusin
Accusative	*gusinba
Genitive	*gusinŋī
Dative	*gusindua
Locative	*gusinla
Ablative	*gusindiki
Prolative	*gusinli
Elative	*gusingiʒi
Instrumental	*gusinʒi
Delative	*gusinlāki
Directive	*gusintiki
Comitative	*gusingili

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: гөсэр (gösər, “cousin”)
    • Evenki: гусин (gusin)
    • Negidal: гуси (gusi)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: гусин (gusin)
      • Udihe: госо (goso)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: гусин (gusin)
      • Orok: гуси(н) (gusi(n))
      • Ulch: гу̇си̇ (gu̇sị), гу̇си̇л (gu̇sịl)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 175