Latin insula and Latin insulatus. *sima island land Old Japanese: 島 (sima) Japanese: 島 (shima) Proto-Ryukyuan: *sima (“island, land; community”) Northern...
Accent class: 2.2a *simo bottom Old Japanese: 下 (simo₁) Japanese: 下 (shimo) Proto-Ryukyuan: *simo Northern Ryukyuan: Kikai: 下 (shimu) Kunigami: 下 (shimū,...
From Proto-Japonic *sima (“island, land”). *sima island land community Northern Ryukyuan: 시마 (/si.ma/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501) Kikai: 島 (shima) Kunigami:...
roll”)) *mura (“gathering; village”, from *muru (“to gather together”)) *sima (“island”, possibly, from *simu (“to close”)) *tuka (“mound”, from *tuku...