Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/medu

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 *mentu (“water”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /medu/

Noun

*medu

water

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 水 (midu, mïzu)
- Kunigami: 水 (mijī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 水 (mïzï, mïji)
- Okinawan: 水 (miji)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 水 (miji, mijī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 水 (mït)
- Toku-No-Shima: 水 (mïzï)
- Yoron: 水 (miji)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 水 (mizï)
- Yaeyama: 水 (mizï)
- Yonaguni: 水 (min)