Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kiri

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Proto-Ryukyuan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Japonic *kiru (“to cut”).

Verb edit

*kiri

to cut

Descendants edit

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 切ゆい (chiyui)
- Kunigami: 切ん (chin)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 切るり (kiruri)
- Okinawan: 切ーん (chīn)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 切ゅん (kyun)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 切りゅむっ (kiryum)
- Toku-No-Shima: 切りぃ (kirï)
- Yoron: 切ゅん (kyun)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 切 (ksïï)
- Yaeyama: 切ん (kïsun)
- Yonaguni: 切ん (tsun)