Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ame

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *amay (“rain”).

Noun

*ame

1. rain

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 아믜 (/⁠amɨi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kikai: 雨 (ami, amï)
  • Kunigami: 雨 (amī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 雨 (amï)
  • Okinawan: 雨 (ami)
  • Okinoerabu: 雨 (ami, amī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 雨 (amï)
  • Tokunoshima: 雨 (amï, amïï)
  • Yoron: 雨 (ami)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 雨 (ami)
  • Yaeyama: 雨 (āmi)
  • Yonaguni: 雨 (ami)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 319