< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sini
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *sinu (“to die; go away, leave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sini/
Verb
*sini
- to die
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 死にゅい (しにゅい, shinyui)
- Kunigami: 死ぬん (しぬん, shinun)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 死みゅり (しみゅり, shimyuri)
- Okinawan: 死ぬん (しぬん, shinun)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 死にゅん (しにゅん, shinyun)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 死にゅむっ (しにゅむっ, shinyum)
- Toku-No-Shima: 死み (すぃみ, sïmi)
- Yoron: 死にゅん (しにゅん, shinyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 死 (すん, sun)
- Yaeyama: 死ぬん (しぃぬん, sïnun)
- Yonaguni: 死ぬん (んぬん, nnun)