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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/memezu

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Japonic *memensu (earthworm).

Noun

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*memezu

  1. earthworm

Descendants

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  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 蚯蚓 (mimidā) (< *memezuCa)
    • Kunigami: 蚯蚓 (mimīja, miminja) (< *memezuCa)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 蚯蚓 (mïmïzï)
    • Okinawan: 蚯蚓 (mimiji)
    • Okinoerabu: 蚯蚓 (mīmindza) (< *memezuCa)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 蚯蚓 (mïmït)
    • Tokunoshima: 蚯蚓 (mïda) (< *memezuCa)
    • Yoron: 蚯蚓 (mīmiji)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 蚯蚓 (mimizï)
    • Yaeyama: 蚯蚓 (mimidzï)
    • Yonaguni: 蚯蚓 (dimimi) (< metathesis into *zumeme)