Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/amegumo

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

Alternative forms

• *amagumo

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *amainkumo (“rain cloud”).

Noun

*amegumo

1. rain cloud

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 雨雲 (amāgumū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 雨雲 (amigumo)
  • Okinawan: 雨雲 (amigumu)