Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tuyu

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuju/

Noun

*tuyu

dew
moisture

Descendants

Old Japanese: 露 (tuyu)
- Japanese: 露 (tsuyu)
Ryukyuan: *tuyu (“dew”)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 露 (とぅゆ, tuyu)
  - Kunigami: 露 (ちゆ, chiyu)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 露 (つぃゆ, tsïyu)
  - Okinawan: 露 (ちゆ, chiyu)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 露 (つぃゆ, tsïyu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 露 (つぃゔっ, tsïv)
  - Yaeyama: 露 (ちゅー, chū, つぃゆ, tsïyu)
  - Yonaguni: 露 (ちゆ, chiyu)