Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sutomete

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 earlier *tutomete, with assibilation of the initial consonant. Mostly displaced *asa (“morning”).

Noun

*sutomete

  1. morning

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: してぃみてぃ (shitimiti)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: つとぅむ’てぃ (tsutumuti)
    • Okinawan: すとぅみてぃ (sutumiti)
    • Okinoerabu: すとぅみてぃ (sutumiti), してぃみてぃ (shitimiti)
    • Yoron: しとぅむてぃ (shitumuti)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: すぃ゚むてぃ (sɿtumuti)
    • Yaeyama: すぃ゚むでぃ (sïtumudi)
    • Yonaguni: ’とぅむてぃ (ttumuti)
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