Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/mū

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

• *mȫ (< *müö ?) (per Benzing)

Etymology

Often compared with Mongolian мөрөн (mörön, “river”), Korean 물 (mul, “water”), Goguryeo 買 (*me, “river; water”) and Japanese 水 (mizu, “water”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*mū

1. water

Declension

Declension of *mū

	Singular
Nominative	*mū
Accusative	*mūba
Genitive	*mūŋī
Dative	*mūdua
Locative	*mūla
Ablative	*mūdiki
Prolative	*mūli
Elative	*mūgiʒi
Instrumental	*mūʒi
Delative	*mūlāki
Directive	*mūtiki
Comitative	*mūgili

Descendants

• Jurchenic (Manchuic):
  • Jurchen: muke, 木克 (mu-ke)
    • Bala: 木克 (muke)
    • Manchu: ᠮᡠᡴᡝ (muke)
    • Xibe: ᠮᡠᡣᡝ (muke)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: мӯ (mū)
    • Evenki: мӯ (mū)
    • Oroqen: mu꞉
    • Negidal: мӯ
    • Solon: mū
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: мӯ
      • Udihe: мӯ
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: муэ (mue)
      • Orok: мӯ (mū)
      • Ulch: мӯ

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 24
• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 548-549
• 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 161.