< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sutomete
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From earlier *tutomete, with assibilation of the initial consonant. Mostly displaced *asa (“morning”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sutomete/
Noun
*sutomete
- morning
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: 夙みて゚ぃ (shitimiti)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 夙むてぃ (cutumuti)
- Okinawan: 夙みてぃ (sutumiti)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 夙みてぃ (sutumiti, shitimiti)
- Yoron: 夙むてぃ (shitumuti)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 夙むてぃ (sïtumuti)
- Yaeyama: 夙むでぃ (sïtumudi)
- Yonaguni: 夙むてぃ (ttumuti)