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

2. (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)