Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ip-

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Proto-Japonic

Verb

*ip- (infinitive *ipi)

  1. to say

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 言ふ, 謂ふ (ipu)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *ii
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 言ゆい, 謂ゆい (iyui), 言い, 謂い ('yui)
      • Kunigami: 言ん, 謂ん ('yun)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 言ーり, 謂ーり ('yūri)
      • Okinawan: 言ん, 謂ん ('yun)
      • Okinoerabu: 言ん, 謂ん ('yun)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 言むっ, 謂むっ ('yum)
      • Tokunoshima: 言ん, 謂ん ('yun)
      • Yoron: 言ん, 謂ん ('yun)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 言ㇲ゙, 謂ㇲ゙ (zz)
      • Yaeyama: 言ずん, 謂ずん (izun)
      • Yonaguni: 言ゆん, 謂ゆん (iyun)