Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ninkir-

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Verb

*ninkir- (infinitive *ninkiri)

  1. to grasp

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 握る (nigi1ru)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *nigiri
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 握んにゅい (ninnyui), 握ゆい (miguyui)
      • Kunigami: 握ーるん (nijīrun)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 握んぎゅり (mingyuri)
      • Okinawan: 握ゆん (nijiyun)
      • Okinoerabu: 握んじゅん (minjun)
      • Tokunoshima: 握ぎゅい (mingyui), 握ゆい (nigiyui)
      • Yoron: 握んぎゅん (mingyun)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 握じぃー (ngzïï)
      • Yaeyama: 握ーるん (nīrun)
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