Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yumi

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 *yumi (“bow”).

Noun

*yumi

1. bow

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 由密 (/⁠iəu.miɁ⁠/) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
  • Kikai: 弓 (yumi)
  • Kunigami: 弓 (yumī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 弓 (yumi)
  • Okinawan: 弓 (yumi)
  • Okinoerabu: 弓 (yumī)
  • Tokunoshima: 弓 (yumi)
  • Yoron: 弓 (yun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 弓 (yum)
  • Yaeyama: 弓 (yun)
  • Yonaguni: 弓 (dun)