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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/moko

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 *moko (“bridegroom; son-in-law”).

Noun

*moko

  1. bridegroom
  2. son-in-law

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 婿, 聟, 壻 (muko), 婿子等, 聟子等, 壻子等 (mōkkwa) (< *moko, *moko-kura)
    • Kunigami: 婿, 聟, 壻 (mufu)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 婿, 聟, 壻 (moho, muho, mufu)
    • Okinawan: 婿, 聟, 壻 (mūku)
    • ⇒ Oki-No-Erabu: 婿子等, 聟子等, 壻子等 (mukkwa) (< *moko-kura)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 婿, 聟, 壻 (muho)
    • ⇒ Toku-No-Shima: 婿殿, 聟殿, 壻殿 (mukudun) (< *moko-dono)
    • ⇒ Yoron: 婿子等, 聟子等, 壻子等 (mūkwā) (< *moko-kura)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:

References
  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 332-333
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