Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/bi

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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/bi

This Proto-Tungusic entry contains reconstructed words 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 to Proto-Mongolic *bi (“I”) and Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).

Pronoun

*bi

1. I (personal pronoun)

Descendants

• Northern
  • Evenki: би (bi)
  • Even: би (bi)
  • Negidal: [script needed] (bi)
• Central
  • Oroch: би (bi)
  • Udihe: би (bi)
• South-Eastern
  • Nanai: ми (mi)
  • Orok: би (bi)
  • Ulch: би (bi)
• South-Western
  • Jurchen: bi, 必 (bi)
  • Manchu: ᠪᡳ (bi)

See also

• *buu (“we (excl.)”)[1]
• *mit (“we (incl.)”)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov: Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages: Materials for an etymological dictionary] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 79

1. 『言語学大辞典』(1989), 第2巻【世界言語編】中さーに, 三省堂, p.1080, 表7-81