Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/moye

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 *moyu (“burn”, transitive and intransitive).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moje/

Verb

*moye

(intransitive) to burn

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 燃ぃゆい (muïyui), 燃ーゆい (mëëyui)
- Kunigami: 燃いるん (muirun)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 燃ーるり (mēruri)
- Okinawan: 燃ーゆん (mēyun)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 燃ーゆん (mīyun)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 燃ーりゅむっ (mïïryum)
- Toku-No-Shima: 燃ーぃ (mëëï)
- Yoron: 燃いゆん (muiyun)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 燃いㇲ゙ (muiz)
- Yaeyama: 燃いるん (muirun)
- Yonaguni: 燃いるん (muirun)

References

Maner Lawton Thorpe (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, page 270