Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/memezu

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 *memensu (“earthworm”).

Noun

*memezu

  1. earthworm

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • ⇒ Kikai: 蚯蚓 (mimidā) (< *memezuCa)
    • ⇒ Kunigami: 蚯蚓 (mimīja, miminja) (< *memezuCa)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 蚯蚓 (mïmïzï)
    • Okinawan: 蚯蚓 (mimiji)
    • ⇒ Okinoerabu: 蚯蚓 (mīmindza) (< *memezuCa)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 蚯蚓 (mïmït)
    • ⇒ Tokunoshima: 蚯蚓 (mïda) (< *memezuCa)
    • Yoron: 蚯蚓 (mīmiji)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 蚯蚓 (mimizï)
    • Yaeyama: 蚯蚓 (mimidzï)
    • Yonaguni: 蚯蚓 (dimimi) (< metathesis into *zumeme)
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