Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/moti
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Proto-Ryukyuan[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Japonic *mətu (“to carry, hold”).
Verb[edit]
*moti
Descendants[edit]
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan:
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Japonic *məti, probably also from Proto-Japonic *mətu (“to hold”). Derivatives all refer to sticky items, suggesting a connection with the verb form's sense of "holding, keeping", becoming "holding → sticking → trapping", depending on the descendant term.
Noun[edit]
*moti
Descendants[edit]
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Northern Amami-Oshima:
- Okinawan: 黐 (muchi)
Noun[edit]
*moti
- glutinous rice, millet, or other glutinous grain