Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/si

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

*sī (per Pevnov 2017:72)

Etymology

Compare Proto-Turkic *sẹ (“you”) and Proto-Mongolic *či (“you”).

Pronoun

*si

you, thou (singular)

Derived terms

*-si (“second-person singuler possessive suffix”)
*s(i/ü)n- (“oblique”)
*sin-e (“partitive”)
*sin(-e)-be (“accusative”)
*sin-i (“genitive”)
*sin-ŋī (“possessive”)

Descendants

Northern
- Evenki: си (si)
- Even: һӣ (ḥī)
- Negidal: сӣ (sī)
Central
- Oroch: си (si)
- Udihe: си (si)
South-Eastern
- Nanai: си (si)
- Orok: си (si)
- Ulch: си (si)
South-Western
- Jurchen: ši, 失 (shi /⁠ši⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᠰᡳ (si)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 72-73
Kane, Daniel (1989) The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 270.

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