Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/umu

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 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 *umo (“edible tuber”).

Noun

*umu

  1. edible tuber
Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 芋 (umu)
    • Kunigami: 芋 (umū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 芋 (umu)
    • Okinawan: 芋 ('nmu)
    • Okinoerabu: 芋 (umu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 芋 (m)
    • Yaeyama: 芋 (umu)
    • ⇒ Yonaguni: 芋 (unti)
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