Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/münti

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

  • *min.ti (per Janhunen)

Etymology

Derived from *mün-, the oblique case of *bi, meaning (“I/we with you”). The Jurchenic descendants could have been from *mun-sel, which has the plural suffix *-sal.[1]

Pronoun

*münti

  1. we (inclusive)

See also

Proto-Tungusic personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person *bi *münti (inclusive)
*büe (exclusive)
2nd person *si *süe
3rd person *ni *ti

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Bala: 木色 (muse)
    • Jurchen:
  • Tungusic:
    • Northern Tungusic:
      • Evenki: мут (mut)
      • Even: мит (mit)
      • Negidal: битта (bitta), бутта (butta)
      • Solon: miti
  • Southern Tungusic:

See also

References

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander, Janhunen, Juha, de la Fuente, José Andrés Alonso (2023) The Tungusic Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), Abingdon: Routledge, page 58.
  • 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 108
  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 539
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