Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/bi

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 to Proto-Mongolic *bi (“I”) and Proto-Turkic *bẹ (“I”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronoun

*bi

I (personal pronoun)

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: bi, 必 (bi)
  - Manchu: ᠪᡳ (bi)
  - Xibe: ᠪᡳ (bi)
Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
  - Evenki: би (bi)
  - Even: би (ʙi)
  - Negidal: би (bi)
- South Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: би (bi)
    - Udihe: би (bi)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: ми (mi)
    - Orok: би (bi)
    - Ulch: би (bi)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 79

^ 『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

[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

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