Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tudumi

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 *tuntumi (“drum”).

Noun

*tudumi

1. drum

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: つづみ (tudumi) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
  • Kikai: 鼓 (tsutsumi, tsuzumi)
  • Kunigami: 鼓 (chijīmi)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 鼓 (tsïzïn)
  • Okinawan: 鼓 (chijin)
  • Okinoerabu: 鼓 (chijin)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 鼓 (θïdïn, θidim)
  • Tokunoshima: 鼓 (tsïzïmi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 鼓 (tsïzïm)
  • Yaeyama: 鼓 (tsïzïn)
  • Yonaguni: 鼓 (chidin)