Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/miyako

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

Likely cognate to 都 (miyako, “capital city”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Proper noun

*miyako

1. Miyako

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Old Okinawan: みやこ (miyako) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
    • Kunigami:
      • Ie-jima: 宮古 (nyāfu) (tone class AC)
      • Nakijin-Yonamine: 宮古 (myāku) (tone class AC)
    • Okinawan:
      • Shuri: 宮古 (nāku) (tone class A)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako:

    Fukuzato: 宮古 (myāku)

    Hirara: 宮古 (myāku)

    Ikema: 宮古 (myāku) (tone class A)

    Irabu: 宮古 (myāku)

    Karimata: 宮古 (myāku)

    Kugai: 宮古 (myāku)

    Kuninaka: 宮古 (myāku)

    Kurima: 宮古 (myāku)

    Minna: 宮古 (mēku) (tone class A)

    Miyaguni: 宮古 (myāku)

    Nakachi: 宮古 (myāku)

    Nishihigashi: 宮古 (myāku)

    Nishizato: 宮古 (myāku)

    Ōgami: 宮古 (mēku)

    Sawada: 宮古 (myāku)

    Shimajiri: 宮古 (myāku)

    Sunagawa: 宮古 (myāku)

    Tarama: 宮古 (mēku) (tone class A)

    Tomori: 宮古 (myāku)

    Yonaha: 宮古 (myāku)

  • Yaeyama:

    Hateruma: 宮古 (myāgu)

    Ishigaki: 宮古 (mēku) (tone class A)

    Kuroshima: 宮古 (mēku)

    Taketomi: 宮古 (mēku)

  • Yonaguni: 宮古 (myāgu) (tone class A)