Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/wi

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 *wu (“to sit”).

Verb

*wi

1. to sit

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 居ゆい (yiyui, yīyui)
  • Kunigami: 居ん (yun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 居るり (yiruri)
  • Okinawan: 居ん (yiyun)
  • Okinoerabu: 居ん (yun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 居りゅむっ (yiryum)
  • Tokunoshima: 居りぃ (ïrï)
  • Yoron: 居ゅん (byun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 居 (bzï)
  • Yaeyama: 居るん (bzïrun)
  • ⇒ Yonaguni: 居とぅるん (nturun) (< *wite + *-yuryun < *-wori womu)