Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nom-

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 *nəmu (“to drink”).

Verb

*nom-

1. to drink

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 누미 (numi) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kikai: 飲みゅい, 呑みゅい (numyui)
  • Kunigami: 飲みん, 呑みん (numin)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 飲むり, 呑むり (numuri)
  • Okinawan: 飲むん, 呑むん (numun, nunun)
  • Okinoerabu: 飲みゅん, 呑みゅん (numyun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 飲みゅむっ, 呑みゅむっ (numyum)
  • Tokunoshima: 飲み, 呑み (numi)
  • Yoron: 飲みゅん, 呑みゅん (numyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 飲むっ, 呑むっ (num)
  • Yaeyama: 飲むん, 呑むん (numun)
  • Yonaguni: 飲むん, 呑むん (numun)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 280
• Lin, Chihkai (2015 August) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎^[2], University of Hawaii at Manoa