Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/süe

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

  • *süö (per Benzing but unsurely)
  • *sū (per EDAL)
  • *sö (per Janhunen)

Pronoun

*süe

  1. you (plural)

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:
    • Manchu: ᠰᡠᠸᡝ (suwe)
  • Tungusic:
    • Northern Tungusic:
      • Even: ху (hu)
      • Evenki: су (su)
      • Negidal: сӯ (sū)
      • Oroqen: ʃu
      • Solon: sū
    • Southern 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, pages 26, 108
  • Vovin, Alexander, Janhunen, Juha, de la Fuente, José Andrés Alonso (2023) The Tungusic Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), Abingdon: Routledge, page 58
  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 72-73, 115
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