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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/miwi

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

From Proto-Japonic *nipi (“new”) with irregular assimilation of the nasal.

Adjective

*miwi

  1. new

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 新ーさい (mīsai)
    • Kunigami: 新ーせん (mīsen)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 新ーさり (mīsari)
    • Okinawan: 新ーさん (mīsan)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 新ーさん (mīsan)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 新ーさむっ (mīsam)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 新ーさい (mīsai)
    • Yoron: 新ーさん (mīsan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 新 (miz)
    • Yaeyama: 新ーさん (mïïsan)
    • Yonaguni: 新ーん (mīn)
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