Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/wosame

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 *wosamu (“to control”).

Verb

*wosame

1. to control

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 治ーみん, 修ーみん, 納ーみん, 収ーみん (wusāmin)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 治むぃるり, 修むぃるり, 納むぃるり, 収むぃるり (wosamïruri)
  • Okinawan: 治みゆん, 修みゆん, 納みゆん, 収みゆん (wusamiyun)
  • Yoron: 治みゅん, 修みゅん, 納みゅん, 収みゅん (usamyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Yaeyama: 治みるん, 修みるん, 納みるん, 収みるん (usamirun)