Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mətu

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Verb

*mətu

to carry, hold

Descendants

Old Japanese: 持つ (mo₂tu)
- Japanese: 持つ (motsu)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *moti
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 持ちゅい (muchui)
  - Kunigami: 持ちゅん (muchun)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 持と゚ぅり (muθuri)
  - Okinawan: 持ちゅん (muchun)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 持ちゅん (muchun)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 持ちゅむっ (muchum)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 持つぃ (mutsï)
  - Yoron: 持ちゅん (muchun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 持つぃ (mutsï)
  - Yaeyama: 持つん (mutsun)
  - Yonaguni: 持とぅん (mutun)

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