Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/unta

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

*unta

1. fur boots

Declension

Declension of *unta

	Singular
Nominative	*unta
Accusative	*untaba
Genitive	*untaŋī
Dative	*untadua
Locative	*untala
Ablative	*untadiki
Prolative	*untali
Elative	*untagiʒi
Instrumental	*untaʒi
Delative	*untalāki
Directive	*untatiki
Comitative	*untagili

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: унта (unta)
    • Evenki: унта (unta)
    • Negidal: онта (onta)
    • Oroqen: ʊnta
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: унта (unta)
      • Udihe: унта (unta)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: ота (ota)
      • Orok: утта (utta)
      • Ulch: унта (unta)

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 24