Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xōsikta

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xosikta

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 *xōsi- +‎ *-kta.

Noun

*xōsikta

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Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: oʃïxa, 兀矢哈 (ošiha /⁠u-ši-ha⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (usiha), ᠣᡧᠣᡥᠣ (ošoho)
Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
  - Even: о̄сикат (ōsikat) (<*xōsikākta)
  - Evenki: о̄сикта (ōsikta), о̄сика̄кта (ōsikākta)
  - Negidal: о̄сикта (ōsikta)
  - Oroqen: ɔʃɪkta
  - Solon: ōšikta
- South Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: хосикта (xosikta)
    - Udihe: ва̂икта (wáikta)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: хосикта (xosikta)
    - Orok: васи́кта (wasíkta)
    - Ulch: хоста (xosta), ху̇ста (xu̇sta)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 27
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 136.

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