Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/memezu

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 *memensu (“earthworm”).

Noun

*memezu

1. earthworm

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • ⇒ Kikai: 蚯蚓 (mimidā) (< *memezuCa)
  • ⇒ Kunigami: 蚯蚓 (mimīja, miminja) (< *memezuCa)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 蚯蚓 (mïmïzï)
  • Okinawan: 蚯蚓 (mimiji)
  • ⇒ Oki-No-Erabu: 蚯蚓 (mīmindza) (< *memezuCa)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 蚯蚓 (mïmït)
  • ⇒ Toku-No-Shima: 蚯蚓 (mïda) (< *memezuCa)
  • Yoron: 蚯蚓 (mīmiji)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 蚯蚓 (mimizï)
  • Yaeyama: 蚯蚓 (mimidzï)
  • Yonaguni: 蚯蚓 (dimimi) (< metathesis into *zumeme)