Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/əyənku

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

*əyənku (infinitive *əyənki)

to swim

Descendants

Japanese: 泳ぐ (oyogu)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *oyogi
- Northern Ryukyuan: *oyegi
  - Kikai: 泳にぃーすん (ūnyīsun)
  - Kunigami: 泳じゅん (uijun)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 泳ぐり ('wïïguri)
  - Okinawan: 泳じゅん ('wījun)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 泳ぎゅん (uigyun)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 泳ぎゅむっ ('wïgyum)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 泳ぃーぎ ('wïïgi)
  - Yoron: 泳ぎゅん (uigyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan: *uVgi
  - Miyako: 泳ぎぃ (ūgzï)
  - Yaeyama: 泳むん (umun)
  - Yonaguni: 泳く゚ん (ungun)