Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wu

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

*wu (infinitive *woy)

1. to sit

   Antonym: *əku (“to get up, to rise”)

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 坐, 居 (u, “to sit; to be in a place”)
  • Japanese: 居る (iru, oru, “to exist, to have (animate things)”)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *wi
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 居ゆい (yiyui, yīyui)
    • Kunigami: 居ん (yun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 居るり (yiruri)
    • Okinawan: 居ん (yiyun)
    • Okinoerabu: 居ん (yun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 居りゅむっ (yiryum)
    • Tokunoshima: 居りぃ (ïrï)
    • Yoron: 居ゅん (byun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 居 (bzï)
    • Yaeyama: 居るん (bzïrun)
    • ⇒ Yonaguni: 居とぅるん (nturun) (< *wite + *-yuryun < *-wori womu)