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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wu

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Verb

*wu (infinitive *woy)

  1. to sit
    Antonym: *əku (“to get up, to rise”)

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 坐, 居 (u, “to sit; to be in a place”)
    • Japanese: 居る (iru, oru, “to exist, to have (animate things)”)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *wi
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 居ゆい (yiyui, yīyui)
      • Kunigami: 居ん (yun)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 居るり (yiruri)
      • Okinawan: 居ん (yiyun)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 居ん (yun)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 居りゅむっ (yiryum)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 居りぃ (ïrï)
      • Yoron: 居ゅん (byun)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 居 (bzï)
      • Yaeyama: 居るん (bzïrun)
      • ⇒ Yonaguni: 居とぅるん (nturun) (< *wite + *-yuryun < *-wori womu)
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