Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mme

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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mme

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 *mmay (“plum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mme/

Noun

*mme

1. plum

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 烏乜 (ume) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)[1]
  • Okinawan: 梅 (nmi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 梅 (mmi)

References

1. Chihkai Lin (August 2015) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎, University of Hawaii at Manoa