Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/bi

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This Proto-Permic 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-Permic

Reconstruction notes

  • Reconstructed based on the assumption that this term goes back to some Uralic root or other.

Etymology

Unclear. Proposed theories include:

Noun

*bi (stem *bi-)

  1. fire
    Synonym: *tu̇l

Declension

Declension of *bi (stem: *bi-)
singular plural
nominative *bi *bijas
accusative indefinite *bi *bijas
definite *biäs *bijasäs
instrumental *biän *bijasän
caritive *bitäk *bijastäk
consecutive *bila *bijasla
genitive *bilän *bijaslän
ablative *biliś *bijasliś
dative *bili *bijasli
inessive *biin *bijasin
elative *biiś *bijasiś
illative *biä *bijasä
egressive *biśań *bijasśań
approximative *bilań *bijaslań
terminative *biäʒ́ *bijasäʒ́
translative *biti *bijasti

Descendants

  • Komi:
    • Komi-Permyak: би (bi)
    • Komi-Yazva: би (bi)
    • Komi-Zyrian: би (bi)
    • Old Komi: 𐍑𐍙̈ (bi)

References

  • Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “би”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka