Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mati

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Japonic *matu (“to wait”).

Pronunciation edit

Tone class: B

Verb edit

*mati

to wait

Descendants edit

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 待ちゅい (machui)
- Kunigami: 待ち゚ゅん (macun)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 待と゚ぅり (maθuri)
- Okinawan: 待ちゅん (machun)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 待っちゅん (matchun)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 待ちゅむっ (machum)
- Toku-No-Shima: 待つぃ (matsi)
- Yoron: 待ちゅん (machun)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 待つ (matsï)
- Yaeyama: 待ちゅん (machun)
- Yonaguni: 待とぅん (matun)