Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/mū
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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
Alternative Reconstructions
- *mȫ (< *müö ?) (per Benzing)
Etymology
Often compared with Mongolian мөрөн (mörön, “river”), Korean 물 (mul, “water”), Goguryeo 買 (*me, “river; water”) and Japanese 水 (mizu, “water”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
*mū
Declension
Declension of *mū
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *mū |
| Accusative | *mūba |
| Genitive | *mūŋī |
| Dative | *mūdua |
| Locative | *mūla |
| Ablative | *mūdiki |
| Prolative | *mūli |
| Elative | *mūgiʒi |
| Instrumental | *mūʒi |
| Delative | *mūlāki |
| Directive | *mūtiki |
| Comitative | *mūgili |
Descendants
- Jurchenic (Manchuic):
- Tungusic:
References
- Benzing, Johannes (1955) Die tungusischen Sprachen. Versuch einer vergleichenden Grammatik (Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse; 11) (in German), Wiesbaden: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz in Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag, page 24
- Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (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.