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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ŋalmakta

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 *ŋalma- + *-kta. Jurchenic languages point to a *ŋalman.

Noun

*ŋalmakta

  1. mosquito

Declension

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Jurchen: 哈皃麻 (galman /⁠ha-r-ma⁠/)
  • Tungusic:
    • North Tungusic:
      • Evenki: ӈанмакта (ŋanmakta)
      • Negidal: ӈанмакта (ŋanmakta)
      • Oroqen: ɲalmakta
      • Solon: namakta
    • South Tungusic:
      • Central:
        • Oroch: гамакта (gamakta)
        • Udihe: ӈамакта (ŋamakta)
      • South-Eastern:
        • Nanai: гармакта (garmakta)
        • Orok: налмакта (nalmakta), ӈалмакта (ŋalmakta), налпакта (nalpakta), намнакта (namnakta)
        • Ulch: галмакта (galmakta)

References

  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 657
  • Kane, Daniel (1989) The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 230.
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