Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yukowi

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 *yukəpu (“to rest”).

Verb

*yukowi

1. to rest

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 憩ゆい (yukuyui), 憩むい (yūmui), 憩みゅい (yūmyui), 憩にゅい (yūnyui) (< *yukowi, *yukowi-mi-wori)
  • Kunigami: 憩るん (yufurun), 憩みん (yufumin) (< *yukowiri, *yukowi-mi-wori)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 憩むり (yufumuri) (< *yukowi-mi-wori)
  • Okinawan: 憩ゆん (yukuyun)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 憩ゆん (yūyun)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 憩り (yukuri)
  • Yoron: 憩ゆん (yufuyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 憩 (yukū)
  • Yaeyama: 憩いん (yukuin)
  • Yonaguni: 憩 (dugun)