Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/wori

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 *woru (“to be”).

Verb

*wori

1. to be

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 居い (wui, ui, gui)
  • Kunigami: 居ん (wun)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 居り (wuri)
  • Okinawan: 居ん (wun)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 居ん (un)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 居むっ (wum)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 居い (ūi)
  • Yoron: 居ゆん (fuyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 居むっ (um)
  • Yaeyama: 居ん (un)
  • Yonaguni: 居ん (bun)