Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/nelki

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

*nelki

1. spring

   Synonym: *ńeŋńe

Declension

Declension of *nelki

	Singular
Nominative	*nelki
Accusative	*nelkibe
Genitive	*nelkiŋī
Dative	*nelkidüe
Locative	*nelkile
Ablative	*nelkidiki
Prolative	*nelkili
Elative	*nelkigiʒi
Instrumental	*nelkiʒi
Delative	*nelkilēki
Directive	*nelkitiki
Comitative	*nelkigili

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: нэлкэ (nəlkə)
    • Evenki: нэлки (nəlki)
    • Negidal: нэлки (nelki)
    • Oroqen: nəlki
    • Solon: nelxi
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: нэкки (nekki)
      • Udihe: нэки (neki)

See also

Seasons in Proto-Tungusic (layout · text) · category
*nelki (“spring”) *ńeŋńe (“spring”)	*ʒuga (“summer”)	*bola (“autumn”)	*töge (“winter”)

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 95
• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 620