Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/monon

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

Alternative Reconstructions

*molon ^[1]

Noun

*monon

maple (tree)

Declension

Declension of *monon

	Singular
Nominative	*monon
Accusative	*mononba
Genitive	*mononŋī
Dative	*monondua
Locative	*mononlā
Ablative	*monondiki
Prolative	*mononli
Elative	*monongiʒi
Instrumental	*mononʒi
Delative	*mononlāki
Directive	*monontiki
Comitative	*monongili

See also

*ińŋamu-kta (“cloudberry”)
*xiba-gda (“ash tree”)
*xami-gda (“poplar”)
*kilden (“linden”)

Descendants

Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: монон (monon)
  - Evenki: монон (monon)
  - Negidal: монон (monon)
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: моно (mono)
    - Udihe: моно (mono)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: монон (monon)
    - Orok:
    - Ulch: моно (mono)

References

^ Chuan-Chao Wang. & Martine Robbeets (2020) “The homeland of Proto-Tungusic inferred from contemporary words and ancient genomes.”, in Evolutionary Human Sciences‎^[1], page 7

Bläsing, Uwe, “The Tungusic Plant Names in Primitiae Florae Amurensis, Versuch einer Flora des Amurlandes by Carl Joh. Maximowicz”, Man and Nature in the Altaic World, Proceedings of the 49th Permanent International Altaistic Conference, Berlin, Jul y 30 - August 4, 2006, Berlin 2012: page 42