Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nigiri

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 *ninkiru (“to grasp”).

Verb

*nigiri

  1. to grasp

Descendants

  • 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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