Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/matu

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 *matu (“pine, pine tree”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: C

Noun

*matu

1. pine, pine tree

Derived terms

• *Omatu (“fire”, tone class C) (possibly)

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 松 (matu)
  • Kunigami: 松 (machi /⁠mátɕì⁠/)
  • ⇒ Northern Amami-Oshima: 松木 (matsïgï)
  • Okinawan: 松 (mātsi /⁠màːtsì⁠/)
  • ⇒ Oki-No-Erabu: 松木 (machigi /⁠màtɕígí⁠/)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 松 (mat /⁠mát̩⁠/)
  • ⇒ Toku-No-Shima: 松木 (matsïgï /⁠mátsɨ̀gɨ̀⁠/)
  • ⇒ Yoron: 松木 (machigi /⁠mátɕígí⁠/)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 松 (matsï)
  • Yaeyama: 松 (matsï /⁠mátsɨ́⁠/)
  • Yonaguni: 松 (machi /⁠màtɕî⁠/)