Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nigiri

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *ninkiru (“to grasp”).

Verb

*nigiri

1. to grasp

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 握んにゅい (ninnyui), 握ゆい (miguyui)
  • Kunigami: 握ーるん (nijīrun)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 握んぎゅり (mingyuri)
  • Okinawan: 握ゆん (nijiyun)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 握んじゅん (minjun)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 握ぎゅい (mingyui), 握ゆい (nigiyui)
  • Yoron: 握んぎゅん (mingyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 握じぃー (ngzïï)
  • Yaeyama: 握ーるん (nīrun)