Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/matu

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 *matu (“pine, pine tree”).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: C

Noun

*matu

  1. pine, pine tree

Derived terms

  • *Omatu (“fire”, tone class C) (possibly)

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 松 (matu)
    • Kunigami: 松 (machi /⁠mátɕì⁠/)
    • ⇒ Northern Amami Ōshima: 松木 (matsïgï)
    • Okinawan: 松 (mātsi /⁠màːtsì⁠/)
    • ⇒ Okinoerabu: 松木 (machigi /⁠màtɕígí⁠/)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 松 (mat /⁠mát̩⁠/)
    • ⇒ Tokunoshima: 松木 (matsïgï /⁠mátsɨ̀gɨ̀⁠/)
    • ⇒ Yoron: 松木 (machigi /⁠mátɕígí⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 松 (matsï)
    • Yaeyama: 松 (matsï /⁠mátsɨ́⁠/)
    • Yonaguni: 松 (machi /⁠màtɕî⁠/)
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