Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/mō

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

Similar to Proto-Mongolic *modun (“tree; wood”), see there for more.

Noun

*mō

tree
wood

Declension

Declension of *mō

	Singular
Nominative	*mō
Accusative	*mōba
Genitive	*mōŋī
Dative	*mōdua
Locative	*mōla
Ablative	*mōdiki
Prolative	*mōli
Elative	*mōgiʒi
Instrumental	*mōʒi
Delative	*mōlāki
Directive	*mōtiki
Comitative	*mōgili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: 莫 (mō /⁠mo⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᠮᠣᠣ (moo)
Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
  - Even: мо̄ (mō)
  - Evenki: мо̄ (mō)
  - Negidal: мо̄ (mō)
  - Oroqen: mɔ:
  - Solon: mō
- South Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: мо̄ (mō)
    - Udihe: мо̄ (mō)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: мо̄ (mō)
    - Orok: мо̄ (mō)
    - Ulch: мо̄ (mō)

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, page 23
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 540-541
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 204.