Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xolsa

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

Compared with Proto-Uralic *kala (Finnish kala, Hungarian hal).

Noun

*xolsa

fish

Descendants

Northern
- Even: олра̇ (olrȧ)
- Evenki: олло (ollo)
- Oroqen: ɔlɔ
- Negidal: оло
Central
- Oroch: окто
- Udihe:
  - Khabarovsk: олō
South-Eastern:
- Nanai: холто (holto)
- Orok: холто
- Ulch: холто

References

Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 14
Cincius, V. I. (1945) Sravnitelʹnaja fonetika tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov [Comparative Phonology of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), Leningrad: UčPedGiz, page 198

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