Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mentu

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Japonic

Etymology

A suffixed form of a root *me, also seen in Goguryeo 買 (*me, “river, water”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mentu/

Noun

*mentu

water

Descendants

Old Japanese: 水 (mi₁du)
- Japanese: 水 (みず, mizu)
Ryukyuan: *mezu
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 水 (みどぅ, midu)
  - Kunigami: 水 (みじー, mijī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 水 (みぃずぃ, mïzï)
  - Okinawan: 水 (みじ, miji)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 水 (みじ, miji)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 水 (みぃとっ, mït)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 水 (みぃずぃ, mïzï)
  - Yoron: 水 (みじ, miji)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 水 (みず, mizu)
  - Yaeyama: 水 (みじぃ, mizï)
  - Yonaguni: 水 (みん, min)