Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xilaga

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

Formally derived from *xila- (“to blossom”) +‎ *-ga. Nanai and Oroch point to *xilakta.

Noun

*xilaga

flower

Declension

Declension of *xilaga

	Singular
Nominative	*xilaga
Accusative	*xilagaba
Genitive	*xilagaŋī
Dative	*xilagadua
Locative	*xilagalā
Ablative	*xilagadiki
Prolative	*xilagali
Elative	*xilagagiʒi
Instrumental	*xilagaʒi
Delative	*xilagalāki
Directive	*xilagatiki
Comitative	*xilagagili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: 亦剌 (ilha /⁠i-la⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᡳᠯᡥᠠ (ilha), ᡳᠯᡤᠠ (ilga)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Evenki: илага (ilaga)
  - Negidal: елага (elaga)
  - Oroqen: ɪlga
  - Solon: ilga, илга (ilga)
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: илакта (ilakta)
    - Udihe: ила (ila)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: силакта (silakta)
    - Orok: си́лла (sílla)
    - Ulch: сила (sila)

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 18
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 304
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 203.