Proto-Ryukyuan
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Etymology
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From Proto-Japonic *may (“eye”).
*me
- eye
- hole
- Synonym: *ana
Descendants
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- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 目 (mī, mïï)
- Kunigami: 目 (mī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 目 (mï)
- Okinawan: 目 (mī)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 目 (mī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 目 (mïï)
- Toku-No-Shima: 目 (mï, mïï)
- Yoron: 目 (mī)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 目 (mī)
- Yaeyama: 目 (mī)
- Yonaguni: 目 (mī)
References
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- Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 284