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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/
wu
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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
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Verb
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*wu
(
infinitive
*woy
)
to
sit
Antonym:
*əku
(
“
to get up, to rise
”
)
Descendants
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Old Japanese:
坐
,
居
(
u
,
“
to sit; to be in a place
”
)
Japanese:
居る
(
iru, oru
,
“
to exist, to have (animate things)
”
)
Proto-Ryukyuan:
*wi
Northern Ryukyuan:
Kikai:
居ゆい
(
yiyui, yīyui
)
Kunigami:
居ん
(
yun
)
Northern Amami-Oshima:
居るり
(
yiruri
)
Okinawan:
居ん
(
yiyun
)
Oki-No-Erabu:
居ん
(
yun
)
Southern Amami-Oshima:
居りゅむっ
(
yiryum
)
Toku-No-Shima:
居りぃ
(
ïrï
)
Yoron:
居ゅん
(
byun
)
Southern Ryukyuan:
Miyako:
居
(
bzï
)
Yaeyama:
居るん
(
bzïrun
)
⇒
Yonaguni:
居とぅるん
(
nturun
)
(<
*wite
+
*-yuryun
<
*-wori womu
)