Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sutomete

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 earlier *tutomete, with assibilation of the initial consonant. Mostly displaced *asa (“morning”).

Noun

*sutomete

1. morning

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: してぃみてぃ (shitimiti)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: つとぅむ’てぃ (tsutumuti)
  • Okinawan: すとぅみてぃ (sutumiti)
  • Okinoerabu: すとぅみてぃ (sutumiti), してぃみてぃ (shitimiti)
  • Yoron: しとぅむてぃ (shitumuti)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: すぃ゚むてぃ (sɿtumuti)
  • Yaeyama: すぃ゚むでぃ (sïtumudi)
  • Yonaguni: ’とぅむてぃ (ttumuti)