Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kimo

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 *kimo (“innards; internal organs”).

Noun

*kimo

  1. heart
  2. liver

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: 기모 (/ki.mo/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 肝 (kimu, chimu)
    • Kunigami: 肝 (chimū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 肝 (k'imo)
    • Okinawan: 肝 (chimu)
    • Okinoerabu: 肝 (chimu)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 肝 (kimo)
    • Tokunoshima: 肝 (kimu)
    • Yoron: 肝 (kimu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 肝 (ksïmu)
    • Yaeyama: 肝 (ksïmu)
    • Yonaguni: 肝 (chimu)
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