Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mi

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *muy (“body; flesh, meat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/

Noun

*mi

body
flesh, meat

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 身 (みー, mī)
- Kunigami: 身 (み, mi) (in compounds)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 身 (みー, mī)
- Okinawan: 身 (み, mi) (in compounds)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 身 (みー, mī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 身 (みー, mī)
- Toku-No-Shima: 身 (みー, mī)
- Yoron: 身 (み, mi) (in compounds)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 身 (むっ, m, みㇲ゙, miz)
- Yaeyama: 身 (みぃー, mïï)
- Yonaguni: 身 (みー, mī)