Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mətu

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

*mətu

1. to carry, hold

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 持つ (mo₂tu)
  • Japanese: 持つ (motsu)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *moti
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 持ちゅい (muchui)
    • Kunigami: 持ちゅん (muchun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 持と゚ぅり (muθuri)
    • Okinawan: 持ちゅん (muchun)
    • Okinoerabu: 持ちゅん (muchun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 持ちゅむっ (muchum)
    • Tokunoshima: 持つぃ (mutsï)
    • Yoron: 持ちゅん (muchun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 持つぃ (mutsï)
    • Yaeyama: 持つん (mutsun)
    • Yonaguni: 持とぅん (mutun)