Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/-ba

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

Suffix

*-ba

1. accusative case marker.

   *Mūba umiru!

   Drink the water!

See also

• *-dū (“locative/ablative case marker”)
• *-ŋī (“genitive case marker”)
• *-ǯi (“allative case marker”)

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: [script needed] (*bə), [script needed] (bɑ), [script needed] (bo)
    • Manchu: ᠪᡝ (be)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: -в (-w)
    • Evenki: -вэ (-wə), -ва (-wa), -ма (-ma), -мэ (-mə), -мо (-mo)
    • Negidal: -ма (-ma)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: -ма (-ma), -мо (-mo)
      • Udihe: -ва (-wa), -ба (-ba)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: -вэ (-we), -ва (-wa), -бэ (-be), -ба (-ba)
      • Orok: -ба (-ba)
      • Ulch: -ба (-ba)