Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/make

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 *maku (“to lose”).

Verb

*make

1. to lose

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 負きゆい (makiyui), 負ーゆい (mēyui)
  • Kunigami: 負きーるん (makhīrun)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 負へるり (meheruri)
  • Okinawan: 負きゆん (makiyun)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 負きゆん (makiyun)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 負へぇゆむっ (mïhëyum)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 負ぇりぃ (mëërï)
  • Yoron: 負いゆん (maiyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 負き (maki)
  • Yaeyama: 負きるん (makirun)
  • Yonaguni: 負ぎるん (magirun)