Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kiru

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

*kiru (infinitive *kiri)

to cut

Descendants

Old Japanese: 切る (ki₁ru)
- Japanese: 切る (kiru)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kiri
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 切ゆい (chiyui)
  - Kunigami: 切ん (chin)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 切るり (kiruri)
  - Okinawan: 切ーん (chīn)
  - Okinoerabu: 切ゅん (kyun)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 切りゅむっ (kiryum)
  - Tokunoshima: 切りぃ (kirï)
  - Yoron: 切ゅん (kyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 切 (ksïï)
  - Yaeyama: 切ん (kïsun)
  - Yonaguni: 切ん (tsun)