Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/si

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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/si

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

Compare Proto-Turkic *sen (“you”) and Proto-Mongolic *ci (“you”).

Pronoun

*si

1. you, thou (singular)

Descendants

• Northern
  • Evenki: си (si)
  • Even: һӣ (ḥī)
  • Negidal: сӣ (sī)
• Central
  • Oroch: си (si)
  • Udihe: си (si)
• South-Eastern
  • Nanai: си (si)
  • Orok: си (si)
  • Ulch: си (si)
• South-Western
  • Jurchen: ši, 失 (shi /ši/)
    • Manchu: ᠰᡳ (si)

See also

• *suu (“you (pl.)”)[1]

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov: Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages: Materials for an etymological dictionary] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 72-73
• 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 270.

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7-83