Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/moye

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 *moyu (“burn”, transitive and intransitive).

Verb

*moye

1. (intransitive) to burn

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 燃ぃゆい (muïyui), 燃ーゆい (mëëyui)
  • Kunigami: 燃いるん (muirun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 燃ーるり (mēruri)
  • Okinawan: 燃ーゆん (mēyun)
  • Okinoerabu: 燃ーゆん (mīyun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 燃ーりゅむっ (mïïryum)
  • Tokunoshima: 燃ーぃ (mëëï)
  • Yoron: 燃いゆん (muiyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 燃いㇲ゙ (muiz)
  • Yaeyama: 燃いるん (muirun)
  • Yonaguni: 燃いるん (muirun)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 270