Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ninkiru

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

*ninkiru (infinitive *ninkiri)

1. to grasp

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 握る (nigi₁ru)
  • Japanese: 握る (nigiru)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *nigiri
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 握んにゅい (ninnyui), 握ゆい (miguyui)
    • Kunigami: 握ーるん (nijīrun)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 握んぎゅり (mingyuri)
    • Okinawan: 握ゆん (nijiyun)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 握んじゅん (minjun)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 握ぎゅい (mingyui), 握ゆい (nigiyui)
    • Yoron: 握んぎゅん (mingyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 握じぃー (ngzïï)
    • Yaeyama: 握ーるん (nīrun)