Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/-mi

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

Compare also *-me (“adjective-forming suffix out of nouns”) which can be seen in *seleme (“iron (adj).”). [1]

Suffix

*-mi

  1. Derives deverbal adjectives.
    ‎*xeńü- + ‎*-mi → ‎*xeńümi (“light (not heavy)”)
    ‎*ŋōli- + ‎*-mi → ‎*ŋōlimi (“long”)
    ‎*dira- + ‎*-mi → ‎*dirami (“thick”)
    ‎*xörü- + ‎*-mi → ‎*xörümi (“short”)

Derived terms

Proto-Tungusic terms suffixed with *-mi
Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/dirami
Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xeńümi
Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xörümi
Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ŋōlimi

References

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander, Janhunen, Juha, de la Fuente, José Andrés Alonso (2023) The Tungusic Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), Abingdon: Routledge, page 49
  • 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 90
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