Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/uwe

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 *uwu (“to plant”, transitive).

Verb

*uwe

(transitive) to plant

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 植ぃーゆい (wïïyui)
- Kunigami: 植いるん (uirun)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 植ぃーるり (wïïruri)
- Okinawan: 植ーゆん (wīyun)
- Okinoerabu: 植いゆん (uiyun)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 植ぃーゆむっ (wïïyum)
- Tokunoshima: 植いり (uiri)
- Yoron: 植いゆん (uiyun)
Southern Ryukyuan: *iwe
- Miyako: 植ーㇲ゙ (ibīz)
- Yaeyama: 植びん (ibin), 植びるん (ibirun)
- Yonaguni: 植るん (birun)