Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/palgan

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 *palga- +‎ *-n.

Noun

*palgan

1. foot

   Synonym: *begdi

2. foot sole

   Synonym: *pagdikī

Declension

Declension of *palgan

	Singular
Nominative	*palgan
Accusative	*palganba
Genitive	*palganŋī
Dative	*palgandua
Locative	*palganla
Ablative	*palgandiki
Prolative	*palganli
Elative	*palgangiʒi
Instrumental	*palganʒi
Delative	*palganlāki
Directive	*palgantiki
Comitative	*palgangili

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: халган (halgan)
    • Evenki: халган (halgan)
    • Negidal: халган (xalgan)
    • Oroqen: algan
    • Solon: alɣa
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: хага (xaga, “paw”)
      • Udihe: хага (xaga, “paw; bear's trace”)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: палган (palgan)
      • Orok: палǯа(н) (palǯan)
      • Ulch: палǯа(н) (palǯan)

References

• Fuchs, Walter, Lopatin, Ivan A., Menges, Karl, Denis, Sinor (1968) Tungusologie (Handbuch der Orientalistik; V.3), Leiden and Köln: Brill, page 102
• 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 45
• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 312