Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/momo

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

Noun

*momo

peach

Descendants

Old Japanese: 桃 (momo)
- Japanese: 桃 (momo)
  - >? Ainu: モマ (moma, “Japanese peach, Japanese apricot”)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *momo
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 桃 (mumu)
  - Kunigami: 桃 (mūmū)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 桃 (momo)
  - Okinawan: 桃 (mumu)
  - Okinoerabu: 桃 (mumū)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 桃 (mumo)
  - Tokunoshima: 桃 (mū)
  - Yoron: 桃 (mumu)
- Southern Ryukyuan: *momu
  - Miyako: 桃 (mum)
  - Yaeyama: 桃 (mun)
  - Yonaguni: 桃 (mumu, rare), ⇒ 糖桃坊 (tūmumbu)