Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yono-

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 *yə (“same”); the second mora is likely *no (“genitive marker”).

Prefix

*yono-

1. same

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: いぃん (yin-)
  • Kunigami: ゆぬ (yunu-)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: ゆん (yun-)
  • Okinawan: いぃぬ (yinu-), いぃん (yin-)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: ゆぬ (yunu-)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: いぃぬ (yinu-)
  • ⇒ Toku-No-Shima: いぬい (inui, “first birthday”) (< *yono-(p)i)
  • Yoron: ゆぬ (yunu-)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: ゆぬ (yunu-)
  • Yaeyama: ゆぬ (yunu-)
  • Yonaguni: どぅぬ (dunu-)