Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/iwo
Proto-Ryukyuan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Japonic *iwo (“fish”), apophonic form of *uwo.
The *u ~ *i alteration is common in various words, but no explanation is given for why this phenomenon exists.
Noun
edit*iwo
Descendants
edit- Northern Ryukyuan: 亦窩 (io) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
References
edit- Jarosz (2015) p. 687
- Lin (2015)
- Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 286