Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tume

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 *tumay (“nail, claw”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tume/

Noun

*tume

(anatomy) nail, claw

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 爪 (tumi, tsumi)
- Kunigami: 爪 (chimī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 爪 (chimï, tsïmï)
- Okinawan: 爪 (chimi)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 爪 (chimi, chimī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 爪 (tïmï)
- Toku-No-Shima: 爪 (tsïmï)
- Yoron: 爪 (chimi)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 爪 (tsïmi)
- Yaeyama: 爪 (tsïmi)
- Yonaguni: 爪 (nmi)

References

Maner Lawton Thorpe (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, page 272