Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/gerbǖ

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

Noun

*gerbǖ

1. name

Declension

Declension of *gerbǖ

	Singular
Nominative	*gerbǖ
Accusative	*gerbǖbe
Genitive	*gerbǖŋī
Dative	*gerbǖdüe
Locative	*gerbǖle
Ablative	*gerbǖdiki
Prolative	*gerbǖli
Elative	*gerbǖgiʒi
Instrumental	*gerbǖʒi
Delative	*gerbǖlēki
Directive	*gerbǖtiki
Comitative	*gerbǖgili

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 革不 (gebu /⁠ge-bu⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᡤᡝᠪᡠ (gebu)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: гэ̇рбэ̇ (gə̇rʙə̇)
    • Evenki: гэрбӣ (gərbī)
    • Negidal: гэлби (gelbi)
    • Oroqen: gərbi
    • Solon: gebbi
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: гэбби (gebbi)
      • Udihe: гэгби (gerbi)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: гэрбу (gerbu)
      • Orok: гэлбу (gelbu)
      • Ulch: гэлбу (gelbu)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 180-181
• 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 366.