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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/moti

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 *mətu (“to carry, hold”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moti/

Verb

*moti

  1. to carry, hold

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 持ちゅい (muchui)
    • Kunigami: 持ちゅん (muchun)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 持と゚ぅり (muθuri)
    • Okinawan: 持ちゅん (muchun)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 持ちゅん (muchun)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 持ちゅむっ (muchum)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 持つぃ (mutsï)
    • Yoron: 持ちゅん (muchun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 持つぃ (mutsï)
    • Yaeyama: 持つん (mutsun)
    • Yonaguni: 持とぅん (mutun)
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