Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yone

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

Alternative forms

• *yona

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *yənay (“grain (of rice)”).

Noun

*yone

1. grain (of rice)
2. sand

   Synonym: *suna

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 米 (yuni, yunï)
  • Okinawan: 米 (yuni, yuna)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 米 (yuni)
  • Yaeyama: 米 (yūni)
  • Yonaguni: 米 (duni, “ground raised from rice paddies, etc.”)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 324