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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/bida
Proto-Mongolic
Etymology
Formed from the singular first-person and plural second-person pronouns *bi + *ta. Alternatively, maybe can be comparable to Proto-Tungusic *mit (“we”).
Pronoun
*bida
- we (inclusive)
Descendants
- Middle Mongol:
- Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠳ᠋ᠡ (bide)
- Phags-pa: ꡎꡞꡊ (bi-d)
- Chinese: [script needed] (bida)
- Arabic: بيدا (bydā)
- Central Mongolian:
- Classical: ᠪᠢᠳ᠋ᠡ (bide)
- Khalkha Mongolian: бид (bid)
- Buryat: бидэ (bide)
- Kalmyk: бид (bid)
- Dagur:
- Daur: bed
- Shirongolic:
- Dongxiang: biʒ́ien
- Bonan: bede
References
- Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation), Utrecht: LOT, page 19, 281