Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mi

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 1

Proto-Ryukyuan numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *mi

From Proto-Japonic *mi (“three”).

Numeral

*mi

  2. three
Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 三 (mī)
    • Kunigami: 三 (mī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 三 (mī)
    • Okinawan: 三 (mī)
    • Okinoerabu: 三 (mī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 三 (mī)
    • Tokunoshima: 三 (mī)
    • Yoron: 三 (mī)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 三 (mī)
    • Yaeyama: 三 (mī)
    • Yonaguni: 三 (mī)

Etymology 2

    From Proto-Japonic *muy (“body; flesh, meat; seed, fruit”).

    Noun

    *mi

    2. body
    4. flesh, meat (not necessarily animal)
    6. seed, fruit
    Descendants
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 身 (mī, “body; meat”), 実 (mī, “seed, fruit”)
      • Kunigami: 実 (mī, “seed, fruit”)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 身 (mi, “body; meat”), 実 (mi, “seed, fruit”)
      • Okinawan: 実 (mī, “seed, fruit”)
      • Okinoerabu: 身 (mī, “body; meat”), 実 (mī, “seed, fruit”)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 身 (mī, “body; meat”), 実 (mī, “seed, fruit”)
      • Tokunoshima: 身 (mi, mī, “body; meat”), 実 (mi, mī, “seed, fruit”)
      • Yoron: 実 (mī, “seed, fruit”)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 身 (m, miz, “body; meat”)
      • Yaeyama: 身 (mïï, “body; meat”), 実 (mïï, “seed, fruit”)
      • Yonaguni: 身 (mī, “body; meat”)
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