Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/oyogi

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 *əyənku (“to swim”).

Verb

*oyogi

1. to swim

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: *oyegi
  • Kikai: 泳にぃーすん (ūnyīsun)
  • Kunigami: 泳じゅん (uijun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 泳ぐり ('wïïguri)
  • Okinawan: 泳じゅん ('wījun)
  • Okinoerabu: 泳ぎゅん (uigyun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 泳ぎゅむっ ('wïgyum)
  • Tokunoshima: 泳ぃーぎ ('wïïgi)
  • Yoron: 泳ぎゅん (uigyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan: *uVgi
  • Miyako: 泳ぎぃ (ūgzï)
  • Yaeyama: 泳むん (umun)
  • Yonaguni: 泳く゚ん (ungun)