Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/oyog-

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 *əyənk- (“to swim”).

Verb

*oyog-

  1. to swim

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: *oyeg-
    • Kikai: 泳にぃーすん (ūỹī sun) (< *oyog-i si-)
    • Kunigami: 泳じゅん (uijun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 泳ぐり ('wïïguri)
    • Okinawan: 泳じゅん ('wījun)
    • Okinoerabu: 泳ぎゅん (uigyun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 泳ぎゅむっ ('wïgyum)
    • Tokunoshima: 泳ぃーぎ ('wïïgi)
    • Yoron: 泳ぎゅん (uigyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *oog-
    • Miyako: 泳ぎぃ (ūgzï)
    • Yaeyama: 泳むん (umun)
    • Yonaguni: 泳く゚ん (ung'un)
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