Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mayO

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Proto-Ryukyuan

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: uncertain

Noun

*mayO

  1. cat

Reconstruction notes

This word cannot be reconstructed with full confidence, as the various Ryukyuan dialects show variation between *mayO, *mayOCa, *miya, *miyanka, and *myau. *myau could be some borrowing from Chinese 貓／猫 (māo), or alternatively a metathesis of *mayO.

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: *mayO, *mayOCa, *mya, *myanka, *myau?
    • Kikai: 猫 (mayā)
    • Kunigami: 猫 (myā, myankā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 猫 (maya)
    • Okinawan: 猫 (mayū, mayā)
    • Okinoerabu: 猫 ('myā)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 猫 (mya)
    • >? Tokunoshima: 猫 (nyau)
    • Yoron: 猫 (mayā, myā, myanka)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *mayO, *mayOCa
    • Miyako: 猫 (mayū)
    • Yaeyama: 猫 (maya, myau)
    • Yonaguni: 猫 (mayu)
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