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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.
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Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *monki (“wheat”).
Noun
*mogi
- wheat
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 麦 (mugi)
- Kunigami: 麦 (mujī)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 麦 (mugi)
- Okinawan: 麦 (muji)
- Okinoerabu: 麦 (mugi)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 麦 (mugi)
- Tokunoshima: 麦 (mugī)
- Yoron: 麦 (mugi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 麦 (mugzï)
- Yaeyama: 麦 (mun)
- Yonaguni: 麦 (mun)