Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kinou

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 *kinəpu (“yesterday”).

Noun

*kinou

1. yesterday

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 昨日 (kinyū)
  • Kunigami: 昨日 (khinū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 昨日 (kinu)
  • Okinawan: 昨日 (chinū)
  • Okinoerabu: 昨日 (kinyu, kinyū)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 昨日 (kinyu)
  • Tokunoshima: 昨日 (kinu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 昨日 (ksïnū)
  • Yaeyama: 昨日 (ksïnu)
  • Yonaguni: 昨日 (nnu, nnū)