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

Etymology

Often compared with Mongolian мөрөн (mörön, “river”), Korean 물 (mul, “water”), Goguryeo 買 (*me, “river; water”) and Japanese 水 (mizu, “water”).

Noun

*mū

water

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: muke, 木克 (mu-ke)
  - Manchu: ᠮᡠᡴᡝ (muke)
  - Xibe: ᠮᡠᡣᡠ (muku)
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: мӯ
    - Orok: мӯ
    - Ulch: мӯ

References

Cincius, V. I. (1975) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov: Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages: Materials for an etymological dictionary] (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.

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