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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kimo

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed words 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 *kimo (“liver; inner part”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kimo/

Noun

*kimo

  1. liver
  2. inner part

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 기모 (kimo) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 肝 (きむ, kimu, ちむ, chimu)
    • Kunigami: 肝 (ちむー, chimū)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 肝 (きも, kimo)
    • Okinawan: 肝 (ちむ, chimu)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 肝 (ちむ, chimu)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 肝 (きも, kimo)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 肝 (きむ, kimu)
    • Yoron: 肝 (きむ, kimu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 肝 (きぃむ, ksïmu)
    • Yaeyama: 肝 (きぃむ, ksïmu)
    • Yonaguni: 肝 (ちむ, chimu)
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