Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mui

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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

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Etymology

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Compare Old Korean 身萬 (*MWOma, body).

Noun

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*mui

  1. body
  2. flesh, meat (not necessarily animal)
  3. seed, fruit

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: (mi2, mu, body; meat), (mi2, seed, fruit)
    • Japanese: (mi, mu, body; meat), (mi, seed, fruit)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mi
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (, body; meat), (, seed, fruit)
      • Kunigami: (, seed, fruit)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (mi, body; meat), (mi, seed, fruit)
      • Okinawan: (, seed, fruit)
      • Okinoerabu: (, body; meat), (, seed, fruit)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (, body; meat), (, seed, fruit)
      • Tokunoshima: (mi, mī, body; meat), (mi, mī, seed, fruit)
      • Yoron: (, seed, fruit)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (m, miz, body; meat)
      • Yaeyama: (mïï, body; meat), (mïï, seed, fruit)
      • Yonaguni: (, body; meat)

See also

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  • *sisi (flesh, meat (particularly animal))

Further reading

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