Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/uwe

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 *uwu (“to plant”, transitive).

Verb

*uwe

  2. (transitive) to plant

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 植ぃーゆい (wïïyui)
    • Kunigami: 植いるん (uirun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 植ぃーるり (wïïruri)
    • Okinawan: 植ーゆん (wīyun)
    • Okinoerabu: 植いゆん (uiyun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 植ぃーゆむっ (wïïyum)
    • Tokunoshima: 植いり (uiri)
    • Yoron: 植いゆん (uiyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *iwe
    • Miyako: 植ーㇲ゙ (ibīz)
    • Yaeyama: 植びん (ibin), 植びるん (ibirun)
    • Yonaguni: 植るん (birun)
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