Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mak-

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 1

From Proto-Japonic *mak- (“to wrap around”).

Verb

*mak-

1. (transitive) to wrap around

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: まき (mak-) (Nantō Kayō)
  • Kikai: 巻ちゅい (machui)
  • Kunigami: 巻ちゅん (machun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 巻くり (maxuri)
  • Okinawan: 巻ちゅん (machun)
  • Okinoerabu: 巻ちゅん (machun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 巻きゅむ゚ (makyum)
  • Tokunoshima: 巻きゅい (makyui)
  • Yoron: 巻きゅん (makyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 巻くぃ゚ (maksï)
  • Yaeyama: 巻くん (makun)
  • Yonaguni: 巻ぐん (magun)