Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/wā-

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.

An interesting stem. The only native Tungusic word which allows initial-w.

EDAL reconstructs an earlier *ebā-. Of onomatopeic origin is also possible.

*wā-

1. (transitive) to kill

   *Wāʒarasu.

   You will kill.

   *Wāʒaŋāsun.

   You will kill (pl.).

   *Wānbi.

   I kill.

   *Wānsi.

   You kill.

   *Wārani.

   kills.

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: (*wā-)
    • Manchu: ᠸᠠᠮᠪᡳ (wambi)
• Tungusic:
  • Northern Tungusic:
    • Even: ма̄дай (mādaj)
    • Evenki: ва̄мӣ (wāmī)
    • Negidal: ва̄- (wā-)
    • Oroqen: wa꞉-
    • Solon: wā-
  • Southern Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: ва̄- (wā-)
      • Udihe: ва- (wa-)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: ва̄ори (wāori)
      • Orok: ва̄вури (wāwuri)
      • Ulch: ва̄ву̇ (wāwụ)

• 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 26
• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 127-129