Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mayO
Proto-Ryukyuan
editPronunciation
edit- Tone class: uncertain
Noun
edit*mayO
Reconstruction notes
editThis word cannot be reconstructed with full confidence, as the various Ryukyuan dialects show variation between *mayO, *mayOCa, *miya, *miyanka, and *myau. *myau could be some borrowing from Chinese 貓/猫 (māo), or alternatively a metathesis of *mayO.
Descendants
edit- Northern Ryukyuan: *mayO, *mayOCa, *mya, *myanka, *myau?
- Southern Ryukyuan: *mayO, *mayOCa