Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kiri

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 *kiru (“to cut”).

Verb

*kiri

1. to cut

Descendants

• 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)