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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/wi

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *wu (“to sit”).

Verb

*wi

  1. to sit

Descendants
  • 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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