Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kuw-

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 *kup- (“to bite”).

Verb

*kuw-

  1. to bite
  2. to eat
  3. to get caught (of fish)
  4. to shut (a door)

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 食ゆい (k'ūyui), 食うい (k'ūui)
    • Kunigami: 食るん (k'ūrun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 食うり (k'uuri)
    • Okinawan: 食ゆん (kūyun)
    • Okinoerabu: 食ゆん (kūyun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 食ゆむ゚ (k'ūyum)
    • Tokunoshima: 食るい (kūrui)
    • Yoron: 食ゆん (kūyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 食 (ffu)
    • Yaeyama: 食ずん (fuzun)
    • Yonaguni: 食ん (fun, pun)
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