Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mu

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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mu

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 1

From Proto-Japonic *mə (“also”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu/

Particle

*mu

1. non-unique topic marker, also

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: む (mu), ん (n)
  • Kunigami: む (mu)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: む (mu), ん (n)
  • Okinawan: ん (n)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: む (mu)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: む (mu), むっ (m)
  • Toku-No-Shima: ん (n)
  • Yoron: ん (n)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Yaeyama: ん (n)
  • Yonaguni: ん (n)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *mu (“six”).

Numeral

Proto-Ryukyuan cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : *mu

*mu

1. six

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 六 (mū)
  • Kunigami: 六 (mū)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 六 (mū)
  • Okinawan: 六 (mū)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 六 (mū)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 六 (mū)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 六 (mū)
  • Yoron: 六 (mū)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 六 (m)
  • Yaeyama: 六 (n, mū)
  • Yonaguni: 六 (mū)