Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/moko

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 *moko (“bridegroom; son-in-law”).

Noun

*moko

1. bridegroom
2. son-in-law

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 婿, 聟, 壻 (muko), 婿子等, 聟子等, 壻子等 (mōkkwa) (< *moko, *moko-kura)
  • Kunigami: 婿, 聟, 壻 (mufu)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 婿, 聟, 壻 (moho, muho, mufu)
  • Okinawan: 婿, 聟, 壻 (mūku)
  • ⇒ Oki-No-Erabu: 婿子等, 聟子等, 壻子等 (mukkwa) (< *moko-kura)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 婿, 聟, 壻 (muho)
  • ⇒ Toku-No-Shima: 婿殿, 聟殿, 壻殿 (mukudun) (< *moko-dono)
  • ⇒ Yoron: 婿子等, 聟子等, 壻子等 (mūkwā) (< *moko-kura)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 婿, 聟, 壻 (muku)
  • Yaeyama: 婿, 聟, 壻 (muku)
  • Yonaguni: 婿, 聟, 壻 (mugu)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 332-333