Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kimi
Proto-Ryukyuan
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Japonic *kimi (“millet; proso millet”).
Pronunciation
edit- Tone class: B
Noun
edit*kimi
Descendants
edit- Northern Ryukyuan:
- ⇒ Kunigami: 唐黍 (thōjimī /tʰòːdʑìmíː/) (< *tau-gimi)
- ⇒ Northern Amami Ōshima: 唐の黍 (θonokin) (< *tau-no-kimi)
- ⇒ Okinawan: 真黍 (mājin /máːdʑìŋ/), 唐ぬ黍 (tōnuchin /tòːnùtɕìŋ/) (< *ma-gimi, *tau-no-kimi)
- Okinoerabu: 黍 (kimī /kìmǐː/), ⇒ 唐黍 (tōjini /tòːdʑìní/) (< *kimi, *tau-gimi)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 黍 (kimi /kìmìˑ/)
- Tokunoshima: 黍 (kimi /kìmî/), ⇒ 唐黍 (tōgin /tòːgɪ́ŋ/) (< *kimi, *tau-gimi)
- ⇒ Yoron: 唐黍 (tōgin /tòːgǐŋ/) (< *tau-gimi)
- Southern Ryukyuan: