Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mimi

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

Noun

*mimi

1. ear

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 耳 (mi₁mi₁)
  • Japanese: 耳 (mimi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *mimi
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 耳 (mimi)
    • Kunigami: 耳 (mimī)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 耳 (min)
    • Okinawan: 耳 (mimi, min)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 耳 (mimi)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 耳 (mimi)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 耳 (mïn, transcriptional error for *min?)
    • Yoron: 耳 (min)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 耳 (mim)
    • Yaeyama: 耳 (min)
    • Yonaguni: 耳 (min)