Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mina
Proto-Ryukyuan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Japonic *mina (“freshwater snail, Semisulcospira libertina”).
Noun edit
*mina
Descendants edit
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 田蜷 (θanmyā) (< *tamina)
- Kunigami: 田蜷 (thannā) (< *tamina)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 蜷 (mya), 田蜷 (θanmya) (< *mina, *tamina)
- Okinawan: 田蜷 (tānna), 白蜷 (shirunna) (< *tamina, *siromina)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 蜷 (minya), 田蜷 (θanmya) (< *mina, *tamina)
- Toku-No-Shima: 蜷 (myā), 曲がり蜷 (magarinnya) (< *mina, *magarimina)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
References edit
- Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 326