Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ii

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 *ipu (“to say”).

Verb

*ii

1. to say

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 言ゆい, 謂ゆい (iyui), 言い, 謂い ('yui)
  • Kunigami: 言ん, 謂ん ('yun)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 言ーり, 謂ーり ('yūri)
  • Okinawan: 言ん, 謂ん ('yun)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 言ん, 謂ん ('yun)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 言むっ, 謂むっ ('yum)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 言い, 謂い ('yūi)
  • Yoron: 言ん, 謂ん ('yun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 言ㇲ゙, 謂ㇲ゙ (zz)
  • Yaeyama: 言ずん, 謂ずん (izun)
  • Yonaguni: 言ゆん, 謂ゆん (iyun)