Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ine

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 *inay (“rice plant”).

Noun

*ine

1. rice plant

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 稲 (ï, ini, inï)
  • Kunigami: 稲 (nī)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 稲 (nī, nyā)
  • Okinawan: 稲 (nni)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 稲 (inī)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 稲 (inïï, 'ini, 'inī)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 稲 (inïï)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 稲 (ini)
  • Yaeyama: 稲 (ini)
  • Yonaguni: 稲 (nni)