Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/wā-

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

An interesting stem. The only native Tungusic word which allows initial-w.

EDAL reconstructs an earlier *ebā-. Of onomatopeic origin is also possible.

Verb

*wā-

(transitive) to kill
*Wāʒarasu.
You will kill.

*Wāʒaŋāsun.
You will kill (pl.).

*Wānbi.
I kill.

*Wānsi.
You kill.

*Wārani.
[He/She] kills.

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: [script needed] (*wā-)
  - Manchu: ᠸᠠᠮᠪᡳ (wambi)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: ма̄дай (mādaj)
  - Evenki: ва̄мӣ (wāmī)
  - Negidal: ва̄- (wā-)
  - Oroqen: wa꞉-
  - Solon: wā-
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: ва̄- (wā-)
    - Udihe: ва- (wa-)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: ва̄ори (wāori)
    - Orok: ва̄вури (wāwuri)
    - Ulch: ва̄ву̇ (wāwụ)

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 26
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 127-129