Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tume

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 *tumay (“nail, claw”).

Noun

*tume

1. (anatomy) nail, claw

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 爪 (tumi, tsumi)
  • Kunigami: 爪 (chimī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 爪 (chimï, tsïmï)
  • Okinawan: 爪 (chimi)
  • Okinoerabu: 爪 (chimi, chimī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 爪 (tïmï)
  • Tokunoshima: 爪 (tsïmï)
  • Yoron: 爪 (chimi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 爪 (tsïmi)
  • Yaeyama: 爪 (tsïmi)
  • Yonaguni: 爪 (nmi)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 272