Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/-si

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 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

Suffix variant of *si (“thou, you”).

Suffix

*-si

  1. second-person singular possessive suffix.
    ‎*gerbǖ (“name”) + ‎*-si → ‎*gerbǖsi (“your name”)
    *Sini gerbǖsi ŋüi? [1]
    What is your name? (Lit. “Who is your name?”)

Derived terms

  • *-nsi (“second-person singular aorist ending”)

See also

  • *-bi (“first-person singular possessive suffix”)
  • *-ni (“third-person singular possessive suffix”)
  • *-bu(n) (“first-person plural possessive suffix”)

Descendants

  • Tungusic:
    • North Tungusic:
      • Even: -сэн (-sən), -си (-si)
      • Evenki: -с (-s), -ис (-is)
      • Negidal: -с (-s) [2]
      • Solon: -si
    • South Tungusic:

References

  1. ^ Andreas Hölzl (2023) “'What's your name?' in Tungusic and beyond”, in Tungusic languages: Past and present‎, page 89
  2. ^ Natalia Aralova & Brigitte Pakendorf (2023) “Non-canonical possessive constructions in Negidal and other Tungusic languages: a new analysis of the so-called “alienable possession” suffix”, in Linguistics: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Language Sciences‎, page 5
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