Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/bū-

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

• *bȫ-

Verb

*bū-

1. (transitive) to give

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 布 (bu- /⁠bu⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ (bumbi)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: бөдэй (ʙödəj)
    • Evenki: бумӣ (bumī)
    • Negidal: бӯ-
    • Oroqen: bu:-
    • Solon: bū-
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: бу- (bu-)
      • Udihe: бу- (bu-)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: бувури (buwuri)
      • Orok: бӯвури (būwuri)
      • Ulch: бӯву (būwu)

References

• Benzing, Johannes (1955) Die tungusischen Sprachen. Versuch einer vergleichenden Grammatik (Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse; 11) (in German), Wiesbaden: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz in Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 34, 132
• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 99
• 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 296.