Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/moti
Proto-Ryukyuan
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Japonic *mətu (“to carry, hold”).
Verb
edit*moti
Descendants
edit- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan:
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Japonic *məti, probably also from Proto-Japonic *mətu (“to hold”). Derivatives all refer to sticky items, suggesting a connection with the verb form's sense of "holding, keeping", becoming "holding → sticking → trapping", depending on the descendant term.
Noun
edit*moti
Descendants
edit- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Northern Amami Ōshima:
- Okinawan: 黐 (muchi)
Noun
edit*moti
- glutinous rice, millet, or other glutinous grain