Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/me

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 *may (“eye”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /me/

Noun

*me

eye

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 目 (mī, mïï)
- Kunigami: 目 (mī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 目 (mï)
- Okinawan: 目 (mī)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 目 (mī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 目 (mïï)
- Toku-No-Shima: 目 (mï, mïï)
- Yoron: 目 (mī)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 目 (mī)
- Yaeyama: 目 (mī)
- Yonaguni: 目 (mī)

References

Maner Lawton Thorpe (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, page 284