Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/uwu

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

*uwu

1. (transitive) to plant
2. (intransitive) to be planted, to grow

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 植う (uu, transitive and intransitive) (< *uwu)
  • Japanese: 植える (ueru, transitive), 植わる (uwaru, intransitive), 植ゆ (uyu, transitive, obsolete)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *uwe (transitive)
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 植ぃーゆい (wïïyui)
    • Kunigami: 植いるん (uirun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 植ぃーるり (wïïruri)
    • Okinawan: 植ーゆん (wīyun)
    • Okinoerabu: 植いゆん (uiyun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 植ぃーゆむっ (wïïyum)
    • Tokunoshima: 植いり (uiri)
    • Yoron: 植いゆん (uiyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *iwe
    • Miyako: 植ーㇲ゙ (ibīz)
    • Yaeyama: 植びん (ibin), 植びるん (ibirun)
    • Yonaguni: 植るん (birun)