Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/simo

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 *simo (“bottom”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Noun

*simo

1. bottom
2. kitchen
3. vulva

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 下 (shimu)
  • Kunigami: 下 (shimū, “bottom; kitchen; vulva”)
  • ⇒ Northern Amami Ōshima: 下方 (Shimohō, administrative name given to three magiri)
  • Okinawan: 下 (shimu, “bottom; kitchen”)
  • Okinoerabu: 下 (shimu)
  • Tokunoshima: 下 (sïmu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 下 (sïmu)
  • Yaeyama: 下 (sïmu)
  • Yonaguni: 下 (chimu, “kitchen”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *simo (“frost”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*simo

1. frost

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 失莫 (shimo) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
  • Kikai: 霜 (shimu)
  • Kunigami: 霜 (shimū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 霜 (shimo)
  • Okinawan: 霜 (shimu)
  • Okinoerabu: 霜 (shimu, shimū)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 霜 (shimu)
  • Tokunoshima: 霜 (shimu)
  • Yoron: 霜 (shimu)