Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/muduri

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

From *mudu- (“to gnaw, bite”) +‎ *-ri.

Noun

*muduri

1. dragon

Declension

Declension of *muduri

	Singular
Nominative	*muduri
Accusative	*muduriba
Genitive	*muduriŋī
Dative	*muduridua
Locative	*mudurila
Ablative	*muduridiki
Prolative	*mudurili
Elative	*mudurigiʒi
Instrumental	*muduriʒi
Delative	*mudurilāki
Directive	*muduritiki
Comitative	*mudurigili

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 木都力 (mudur /⁠mu-du-li⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᠮᡠᡩᡠᡵᡳ (muduri)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Solon: mudur
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Udihe: мудилэ (mudile)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: мудур (mudur)
      • >? Orok: мӯдур (mūdur, “otter”)
      • Ulch: моду̇лу̇ (modụlụ), му̇ду̇ли̇ (mụdụlị)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 550
• 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 290.