Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/wasure

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 *wasuru (“to forget”).

Verb

*wasure

1. to forget

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 忘ゆい (wasshiyui)
  • Kunigami: 忘ん (wasshin)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 忘りぃるり (wasïrïruri)
  • Okinawan: 忘ゆん (washiyun)
  • Okinoerabu: 忘りゆん (washiriyun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 忘りぃゆむっ (wasïrïyum)
  • Tokunoshima: 忘りぃ (wāsïrï)
  • Yoron: 忘りゅん (washiryun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 忘ㇲ゙ (basshiz)
  • Yaeyama: 忘きるん (basïkirun) (< *wasuke)
  • Yonaguni: 忘るん (bachirun)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 289