Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/mū

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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/mū

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

Often compared with Mongolian мөрөн (mörön, “river”), Korean 물 (mul, “water”), Goguryeo 買 (*me, “river; water”) and Japanese 水 (mizu, “water”).

Noun

*mū

1. water

Descendants

• Northern
  • Even: мӯ (mū)
  • Evenki: мӯ (mū)
  • Oroqen: mu꞉
  • Negidal: мӯ
  • Solon: [Term?]
• Central
  • Oroch: мӯ
  • Udihe: [Term?]
• South-Eastern
  • Nanai: [Term?]
  • Orok: мӯ
  • Ulch: [Term?]
• South-Central
  • Jurchen: muke, 木克 (mu-ke)
    • Manchu: ᠮᡠᡴᡝ (muke)

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, pages 548-549
• 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 161.