Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kinowu

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 *kinəpu (“yesterday”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kinowu/

Noun

*kinowu

yesterday

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 昨日 (kinyū)
- Kunigami: 昨日 (khinū)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 昨日 (kinu)
- Okinawan: 昨日 (chinū)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 昨日 (kinyu, kinyū)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 昨日 (kinyu)
- Toku-No-Shima: 昨日 (kinu)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 昨日 (ksïnū)
- Yaeyama: 昨日 (ksïnu)
- Yonaguni: 昨日 (nnu, nnū)