Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/simo

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This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

*simo

  1. bottom
Descendants
  • Old Japanese: (simo₁)
    • Japanese: (shimo)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *simo
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (shimu)
      • Kunigami: (shimū, bottom; kitchen; vulva)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 下方 (Shimohō, administrative name given to three magiri)
      • Okinawan: (shimu, bottom; kitchen)
      • Okinoerabu: (shimu)
      • Tokunoshima: (sïmu)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (sïmu)
      • Yaeyama: (sïmu)
      • Yonaguni: (chimu, kitchen)

Etymology 2

Noun

*simo

  1. frost
Descendants
  • Old Japanese: (simo)
    • Japanese: (shimo)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *simo
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 失莫 (shimo) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
      • Kikai: (shimu)
      • Kunigami: (shimū)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (shimo)
      • Okinawan: (shimu)
      • Okinoerabu: (shimu, shimū)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (shimu)
      • Tokunoshima: (shimu)
      • Yoron: (shimu)