Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tume

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 *tumay (“nail, claw”).

Noun

*tume

  1. (anatomy) nail, claw

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 爪 (tumi, tsumi)
    • Kunigami: 爪 (chimī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 爪 (chimï, tsïmï)
    • Okinawan: 爪 (chimi)
    • Okinoerabu: 爪 (chimi, chimī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 爪 (tïmï)
    • Tokunoshima: 爪 (tsïmï)
    • Yoron: 爪 (chimi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 爪 (tsïmi)
    • Yaeyama: 爪 (tsïmi)
    • Yonaguni: 爪 (nmi)

References

  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 272
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