Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/umu

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 *umo (“edible tuber”).

Noun

*umu

1. edible tuber

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 芋 (umu)
  • Kunigami: 芋 (umū)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 芋 (umu)
  • Okinawan: 芋 ('nmu)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 芋 (umu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 芋 (m)
  • Yaeyama: 芋 (umu)
  • ⇒ Yonaguni: 芋 (unti)