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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/iwo

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

Alternative forms
  • *iyO (Thorpe (1983), p. 286)

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *iwo (“fish”), apophonic form of *uwo.

The *u ~ *i alteration is common in various words, but no explanation is given for why this phenomenon exists.

Noun

*iwo

  1. fish

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 亦窩 (io) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
    • Kikai: 魚 (iyu)
    • Kunigami: 魚 ('yū)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 魚 ('yu)
    • Okinawan: 魚 (iyu, iu)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 魚 ('yū)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 魚 ('yū)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 魚 ('yu)
    • Yoron: 魚 ('yū)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 魚 (zzu)
    • Yaeyama: 魚 (izu)
    • Yonaguni: 魚 (iyu)

References
  • Jarosz (2015) p. 687
  • Lin (2015)
  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 286
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