Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kuw-

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 *kup- (“to bite”).

Verb

*kuw-

1. to bite
2. to eat
3. to get caught (of fish)
4. to shut (a door)

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 食ゆい (k'ūyui), 食うい (k'ūui)
  • Kunigami: 食るん (k'ūrun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 食うり (k'uuri)
  • Okinawan: 食ゆん (kūyun)
  • Okinoerabu: 食ゆん (kūyun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 食ゆむ゚ (k'ūyum)
  • Tokunoshima: 食るい (kūrui)
  • Yoron: 食ゆん (kūyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 食 (ffu)
  • Yaeyama: 食ずん (fuzun)
  • Yonaguni: 食ん (fun, pun)