Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ki-

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 *ki- (“to wear clothes”).

Verb

*ki-

  1. to wear clothes

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 着ゆい (chiyui)
    • Kunigami: 着ゅん (ch'un)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 着るり (k'iruri)
    • Okinawan: 着ゆん (chiyun)
    • Okinoerabu: 着ゅん (kyun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 着りゅ (k'iryum)
    • Tokunoshima: 着るい (kirui)
    • Yoron: 着ゅん (kyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 着すぃ゚ (kïsï)
    • Yaeyama: 着すん (kïsun)
    • Yonaguni: 着ん (tsun)

See also

  • *kinu (“clothing”)
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