Proto-Ryukyuan
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Etymology
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From Proto-Japonic *memensu (“earthworm”).
*memezu
- earthworm
Descendants
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- Northern Ryukyuan:
- ⇒ Kikai: 蚯蚓 (mimidā) (< *memezuCa)
- ⇒ Kunigami: 蚯蚓 (mimīja, miminja) (< *memezuCa)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 蚯蚓 (mïmïzï)
- Okinawan: 蚯蚓 (mimiji)
- ⇒ Oki-No-Erabu: 蚯蚓 (mīmindza) (< *memezuCa)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 蚯蚓 (mïmït)
- ⇒ Toku-No-Shima: 蚯蚓 (mïda) (< *memezuCa)
- Yoron: 蚯蚓 (mīmiji)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 蚯蚓 (mimizï)
- Yaeyama: 蚯蚓 (mimidzï)
- Yonaguni: 蚯蚓 (dimimi) (< metathesis into *zumeme)