Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ninkiru

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

*ninkiru (infinitive *ninkiri)

to grasp

Descendants

Old Japanese: 握る (nigi₁ru)
- Japanese: 握る (nigiru)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *nigiri
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 握んにゅい (ninnyui), 握ゆい (miguyui)
  - Kunigami: 握ーるん (nijīrun)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 握んぎゅり (mingyuri)
  - Okinawan: 握ゆん (nijiyun)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 握んじゅん (minjun)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 握ぎゅい (mingyui), 握ゆい (nigiyui)
  - Yoron: 握んぎゅん (mingyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 握じぃー (ngzïï)
  - Yaeyama: 握ーるん (nīrun)

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