Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/əyənku

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Verb

*əyənku (infinitive *əyənki)

1. to swim

Descendants

• Japanese: 泳ぐ (oyogu)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *oyogi
  • Northern Ryukyuan: *oyegi
    • Kikai: 泳にぃーすん (ūnyīsun)
    • Kunigami: 泳じゅん (uijun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 泳ぐり ('wïïguri)
    • Okinawan: 泳じゅん ('wījun)
    • Okinoerabu: 泳ぎゅん (uigyun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 泳ぎゅむっ ('wïgyum)
    • Tokunoshima: 泳ぃーぎ ('wïïgi)
    • Yoron: 泳ぎゅん (uigyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *uVgi
    • Miyako: 泳ぎぃ (ūgzï)
    • Yaeyama: 泳むん (umun)
    • Yonaguni: 泳く゚ん (ungun)