Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ine

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 *inay (“rice plant”).

Noun

*ine

  1. rice plant

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 稲 (ï, ini, inï)
    • Kunigami: 稲 (nī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 稲 (nī, nyā)
    • Okinawan: 稲 (nni)
    • Okinoerabu: 稲 (inī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 稲 (inïï, 'ini, 'inī)
    • Tokunoshima: 稲 (inïï)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 稲 (ini)
    • Yaeyama: 稲 (ini)
    • Yonaguni: 稲 (nni)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.