Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/simo

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

    From Proto-Japonic *simo (“bottom”).

    Pronunciation

    • Tone class: A

    Noun

    *simo

    1. bottom
    2. kitchen
    3. vulva
    Descendants
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 下 (shimu)
      • Kunigami: 下 (shimū, “bottom; kitchen; vulva”)
      • ⇒ Northern Amami Ōshima: 下方 (Shimohō, administrative name given to three magiri)
      • Okinawan: 下 (shimu, “bottom; kitchen”)
      • Okinoerabu: 下 (shimu)
      • Tokunoshima: 下 (sïmu)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 下 (sïmu)
      • Yaeyama: 下 (sïmu)
      • Yonaguni: 下 (chimu, “kitchen”)

    Etymology 2

      From Proto-Japonic *simo (“frost”).

      Pronunciation

      • Tone class: B

      Noun

      *simo

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