Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kimo

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 *kimo (“liver; inner part”).

Noun

*kimo

1. liver
2. inner part
3. heart

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 기모 (/ki.mo/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kikai: 肝 (kimu, chimu)
  • Kunigami: 肝 (chimū)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 肝 (kimo)
  • Okinawan: 肝 (chimu)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 肝 (chimu)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 肝 (kimo)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 肝 (kimu)
  • Yoron: 肝 (kimu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 肝 (ksïmu)
  • Yaeyama: 肝 (ksïmu)
  • Yonaguni: 肝 (chimu)