Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kimi
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Proto-Ryukyuan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Japonic *kimi (“millet; proso millet”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Tone class: B
Noun[edit]
*kimi
Descendants[edit]
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- ⇒ Kunigami: 唐黍 (thōjimī /tʰòːdʑìmíː/) (< *tau-gimi)
- ⇒ Northern Amami-Oshima: 唐の黍 (θonokin) (< *tau-no-kimi)
- ⇒ Okinawan: 真黍 (mājin /máːdʑìŋ/), 唐ぬ黍 (tōnuchin /tòːnùtɕìŋ/) (< *ma-gimi, *tau-no-kimi)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 黍 (kimī /kìmǐː/), ⇒ 唐黍 (tōjini /tòːdʑìní/) (< *kimi, *tau-gimi)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 黍 (kimi /kìmìˑ/)
- Toku-No-Shima: 黍 (kimi /kìmî/), ⇒ 唐黍 (tōgin /tòːgɪ́ŋ/) (< *kimi, *tau-gimi)
- ⇒ Yoron: 唐黍 (tōgin /tòːgǐŋ/) (< *tau-gimi)
- Southern Ryukyuan: