Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mi

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

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Cardinal: *mi

From Proto-Japonic *mi (“three”).

Numeral

*mi

2. three

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 三 (mī)
  • Kunigami: 三 (mī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 三 (mī)
  • Okinawan: 三 (mī)
  • Okinoerabu: 三 (mī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 三 (mī)
  • Tokunoshima: 三 (mī)
  • Yoron: 三 (mī)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 三 (mī)
  • Yaeyama: 三 (mī)
  • Yonaguni: 三 (mī)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *muy (“body; flesh, meat; seed, fruit”).

Noun

*mi

2. body
4. flesh, meat (not necessarily animal)
6. seed, fruit

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 身 (mī, “body; meat”), 実 (mī, “seed, fruit”)
  • Kunigami: 実 (mī, “seed, fruit”)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 身 (mi, “body; meat”), 実 (mi, “seed, fruit”)
  • Okinawan: 実 (mī, “seed, fruit”)
  • Okinoerabu: 身 (mī, “body; meat”), 実 (mī, “seed, fruit”)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 身 (mī, “body; meat”), 実 (mī, “seed, fruit”)
  • Tokunoshima: 身 (mi, mī, “body; meat”), 実 (mi, mī, “seed, fruit”)
  • Yoron: 実 (mī, “seed, fruit”)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 身 (m, miz, “body; meat”)
  • Yaeyama: 身 (mïï, “body; meat”), 実 (mïï, “seed, fruit”)
  • Yonaguni: 身 (mī, “body; meat”)