Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/tolkin

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 *tolki- +‎ *-n.

Noun

*tolkin

dream (seen while sleeping)

Declension

Declension of *tolkin

	Singular
Nominative	*tolkin
Accusative	*tolkinba
Genitive	*tolkinŋī
Dative	*tolkindua
Locative	*tolkinlā
Ablative	*tolkindiki
Prolative	*tolkinli
Elative	*tolkingiʒi
Instrumental	*tolkinʒi
Delative	*tolkinlāki
Directive	*tolkintiki
Comitative	*tolkingili

Derived terms

*tolkiči- (“to dream”)

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: 讬力希 (tolgin /⁠to-li-hi⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᡨ᠋ᠣᠯᡤᡳᠨ (tolgin)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: толкун (tolkun)
  - Evenki: толкин (tolkin)
  - Negidal: толкин (tolkin)
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: токки (tokki)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: толкин (tolkin)
    - Orok: толчи́(н) (tolčị(n))
    - Ulch: толчи̇(н) (tolčị(n))

References

Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 195
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 305.