Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/tuyu

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 *tuyu (“dew; moisture”).

Noun

*tuyu

1. dew

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 露 (tuyu)
  • Kunigami: 露 (chiyu, chiyū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 露 (tsïyu)
  • Okinawan: 露 (chiyu)
  • Okinoerabu: 露 (chiyu)
  • Tokunoshima: 露 (tsïyu)
  • Yoron: 露 (chū)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 露 (tsïv)
  • Yaeyama: 露 (tsïyu, chū)
  • Yonaguni: 露 (chiyu)