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)

1. (intransitive) to burn
2. (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)