Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/mēn

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

Pronoun

*mēn (plural *mēr)

  1. (reflexive pronoun) self, oneself
    Synonym: *beye
    *mēnbi ― myself
    *mēnsi ― yourself

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Manchu: ᠮᡝᡳᠮᡝᠨᡳ (meimeni, “everyone, each one”)
  • Tungusic:
    • Northern Tungusic:
      • Even: мэ̄н (mə̄n)
      • Evenki: мэ̄н (mə̄n)
      • Negidal: мэ̄н (mēn)
      • Solon: mēn
    • Southern Tungusic:
      • Central:
        • Oroch: мэнэ (mene)
        • Oroch: мэнэ (mene)
      • South-Eastern:
        • Nanai: мэ̄н (mēn), мэнэ (mene)
        • Orok: мэ̄н (mə̄n)
        • Ulch: мэ̄н (mēn), мэнэ (mene)

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 112
  • Cincius, V. I. (1975), Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 568
  • Vovin, Alexander; Janhunen, Juha; de la Fuente, José Andrés Alonso (2023), The Tungusic Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), Abingdon: Routledge, page 59
  • Doerfer, Gerhard; Knüppel, Michael (2004), Etymologisch-ethnologisches Wörterbuch tungusischer Dialekte, Hildesheim: Olms, page 534
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