Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/bi

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

Compared to Proto-Mongolic *bi (“I”) and Proto-Turkic *bẹ (“I”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronoun

*bi

1. I (personal pronoun)

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: bi, 必 (bi)
    • Manchu: ᠪᡳ (bi)
    • Xibe: ᠪᡳ (bi)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Evenki: би (bi)
    • Even: би (ʙi)
    • Negidal: би (bi)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: би (bi)
      • Udihe: би (bi)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: ми (mi)
      • Orok: би (bi)
      • Ulch: би (bi)

See also

• *buu (“we (excl.)”)
• *münti (“we (incl.)”)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 79