Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nom-

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 *nəmu (“to drink”).

Verb

*nom-

  1. to drink

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: 누미 (numi) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 飲みゅい, 呑みゅい (numyui)
    • Kunigami: 飲みん, 呑みん (numin)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 飲むり, 呑むり (numuri)
    • Okinawan: 飲むん, 呑むん (numun, nunun)
    • Okinoerabu: 飲みゅん, 呑みゅん (numyun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 飲みゅむっ, 呑みゅむっ (numyum)
    • Tokunoshima: 飲み, 呑み (numi)
    • Yoron: 飲みゅん, 呑みゅん (numyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 飲むっ, 呑むっ (num)
    • Yaeyama: 飲むん, 呑むん (numun)
    • Yonaguni: 飲むん, 呑むん (numun)

References

  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 280
  • Lin, Chihkai (August 2015) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎[2], University of Hawaii at Manoa
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