Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mogi

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 *monki (“wheat”).

Noun

*mogi

1. wheat

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 麦 (mugi)
  • Kunigami: 麦 (mujī)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 麦 (mugi)
  • Okinawan: 麦 (muji)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 麦 (mugi)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 麦 (mugi)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 麦 (mugī)
  • Yoron: 麦 (mugi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 麦 (mugzï)
  • Yaeyama: 麦 (mun)
  • Yonaguni: 麦 (mun)