< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mune
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *munay (“chest, breast, bosom”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mune/
Noun
*mune
- chest, breast, bosom
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 胸 (むにぃ, munï)
- Kunigami: 胸 (にー, nī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 胸 (むにぃ, munï)
- Okinawan: 胸 (んに, nni)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 胸 (にー, nī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 胸 (むにぃ, munï)
- Toku-No-Shima: 胸 (にぃー, nïï)
- Yoron: 胸 (にー, nī)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 胸 (っみ, mmi)
- Yaeyama: 胸 (んに, nni)
- Yonaguni: 胸 (んに, nni)