Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/moyu

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

*moyu (infinitive *moyay)

(intransitive) to burn
(transitive) to burn something

Descendants

Old Japanese: 燃 (mo₁yu)
- Japanese: 燃える (moeru, intransitive), 燃やす (moyasu, transitive)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *moye (intransitive)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 燃ぃゆい (muïyui), 燃ーゆい (mëëyui)
  - Kunigami: 燃いるん (muirun)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 燃ーるり (mēruri)
  - Okinawan: 燃ーゆん (mēyun)
  - Okinoerabu: 燃ーゆん (mīyun)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 燃ーりゅむっ (mïïryum)
  - Tokunoshima: 燃ーぃ (mëëï)
  - Yoron: 燃いゆん (muiyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 燃いㇲ゙ (muiz)
  - Yaeyama: 燃いるん (muirun)
  - Yonaguni: 燃いるん (muirun)