Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/masi

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

Borrowed from Proto-Mongolic *masi (“very, extremely”), whence Mongolian маш (maš, “very; extreme”).[1]

Adjective

*masi

  1. hard, strong

Adverb

*masi

  1. strongly

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • ⇒ Manchu: ᠮᠠᠰᡳᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (masilambi, “to become stronger”)
  • Tungusic:

References

  1. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 144
  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 528
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