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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

Etymology

Compare Proto-Turkic *sẹ (“you”) and Proto-Mongolic *ci (“you”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronoun

*si

  1. you, thou (singular)

Derived terms
  • *-si (“second-person singuler possessive suffix”)
  • *si-ni (“your”) (genitive)

Descendants
  • Northern
    • Evenki: си (si)
    • Even: һӣ (ḥī)
    • Negidal: сӣ (sī)
  • Central
  • South-Eastern
  • South-Western
    • Jurchen: ši, 失 (shi /⁠ši⁠/)

See also

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.
  1. 『言語学大辞典』(1989), 第2巻【世界言語編】中さーに, 三省堂, p.1080, 表7-83
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