Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kiru

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

*kiru (infinitive *kiri)

1. to cut

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 切る (ki₁ru)
  • Japanese: 切る (kiru)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *kiri
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 切ゆい (chiyui)
    • Kunigami: 切ん (chin)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 切るり (kiruri)
    • Okinawan: 切ーん (chīn)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 切ゅん (kyun)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 切りゅむっ (kiryum)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 切りぃ (kirï)
    • Yoron: 切ゅん (kyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 切 (ksïï)
    • Yaeyama: 切ん (kïsun)
    • Yonaguni: 切ん (tsun)