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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/moy

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Etymology

Compare Old Korean 身萬 (*MUma, “body”).

Noun

*moy

  1. body
  2. flesh, meat (not necessarily animal)
  3. seed, fruit

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 身 (mi2, mu, “body; meat”), 実 (mi2, “seed, fruit”)
    • Japanese: 身 (mi, mo, mu, “body; meat”), 実 (mi, “seed, fruit”)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mi
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 身 (mī)
      • Kunigami: 身 (mi, in compounds)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 身 (mī)
      • Okinawan: 身 (mi, “body; meat”, in compounds), 実 (mī, “seed, fruit”)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 身 (mī)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 身 (mī)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 身 (mī)
      • Yoron: 身 (mi, in compounds)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 身 (m, miz)
      • Yaeyama: 身 (mïï)
      • Yonaguni: 身 (mī)

See also
  • *sisi (“flesh, meat (particularly animal)”)

Further reading
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