Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xosikta

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xōsikta

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 *xosi- (“to scrape”) +‎ *-kta.

Noun

*xosikta

claw, fingernail

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Manchu: ᠣᡧᠣᡥᠣ (ošoho)
Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
  - Even: оста̇ (ostȧ)
  - Evenki: осӣкта (osīkta)
  - Negidal: о̄тта (ōtta)
  - Oroqen: ʊʃɪkta
- South Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: хосикта (xosikta)
    - Udihe: ва̂икта (wáikta)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: хосакта (xosakta)
    - Orok: хоси́кта (xosíkta)
    - Ulch: хоста (xosta), ху̇ста (xu̇sta)

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 23
Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 27

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