Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/uwu

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

*uwu

(transitive) to plant
(intransitive) to be planted, to grow

Descendants

Old Japanese: 植う (uu, transitive and intransitive) (< *uwu)
- Japanese: 植える (ueru, transitive), 植わる (uwaru, intransitive), 植ゆ (uyu, transitive, obsolete)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *uwe (transitive)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 植ぃーゆい (wïïyui)
  - Kunigami: 植いるん (uirun)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 植ぃーるり (wïïruri)
  - Okinawan: 植ーゆん (wīyun)
  - Okinoerabu: 植いゆん (uiyun)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 植ぃーゆむっ (wïïyum)
  - Tokunoshima: 植いり (uiri)
  - Yoron: 植いゆん (uiyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan: *iwe
  - Miyako: 植ーㇲ゙ (ibīz)
  - Yaeyama: 植びん (ibin), 植びるん (ibirun)
  - Yonaguni: 植るん (birun)