Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mimi

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

*mimi

ear

Descendants

Old Japanese: 耳 (mi₁mi₁)
- Japanese: 耳 (mimi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *mimi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 耳 (mimi)
  - Kunigami: 耳 (mimī)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 耳 (min)
  - Okinawan: 耳 (mimi, min)
  - Okinoerabu: 耳 (mimi)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 耳 (mimi)
  - Tokunoshima: 耳 (mïn, transcriptional error for *min?)
  - Yoron: 耳 (min)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 耳 (mim)
  - Yaeyama: 耳 (min)
  - Yonaguni: 耳 (min)