Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/bi
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This Proto-Permic 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-Permic edit
Reconstruction notes edit
- Reconstructed based on the assumption that this term goes back to some Uralic root or other.
Etymology edit
Unclear. Proposed theories include:
- From Proto-Uralic *päjwä (“day”), thus related to Proto-Finnic *päivä and Proto-Samic *peajvē.
- From Proto-Uralic *päje (“fire”), related to Eastern Khanty пай (paj, “thunder”) and Northern Sami baján (“thunder”).
- Somehow related to *püni (“to cook”).
Noun edit
*bi (stem *bi-)
Declension edit
| Declension of *bi (stem: *bi-) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *bi | *bijas | |
| accusative | indefinite | *bi | *bijas |
| definite | *biäs | *bijasäs | |
| instrumental | *biän | *bijasän | |
| caritive | *bitäk | *bijastäk | |
| consecutive | *bila | *bijasla | |
| genitive | *bilän | *bijaslän | |
| ablative | *biliś | *bijasliś | |
| dative | *bili | *bijasli | |
| inessive | *biin | *bijasin | |
| elative | *biiś | *bijasiś | |
| illative | *biä | *bijasä | |
| egressive | *biśań | *bijasśań | |
| approximative | *bilań | *bijaslań | |
| terminative | *biäʒ́ | *bijasäʒ́ | |
| translative | *biti | *bijasti | |
Descendants edit
References edit
- Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “би”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language][1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka