Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/moye

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 *moyu (“burn”, transitive and intransitive).

Verb

*moye

  1. (intransitive) to burn

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 燃ぃゆい (muïyui), 燃ーゆい (mëëyui)
    • Kunigami: 燃いるん (muirun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 燃ーるり (mēruri)
    • Okinawan: 燃ーゆん (mēyun)
    • Okinoerabu: 燃ーゆん (mīyun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 燃ーりゅむっ (mïïryum)
    • Tokunoshima: 燃ーぃ (mëëï)
    • Yoron: 燃いゆん (muiyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 燃いㇲ゙ (muiz)
    • Yaeyama: 燃いるん (muirun)
    • Yonaguni: 燃いるん (muirun)

References

  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 270
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