Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/momo

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 *momo (“peach”).

Noun

*momo

1. peach

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 桃 (mumu)
  • Kunigami: 桃 (mūmū)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 桃 (momo)
  • Okinawan: 桃 (mumu)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 桃 (mumū)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 桃 (mumo, mumō)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 桃 (mū)
  • Yoron: 桃 (mumu)
• Southern Ryukyuan: *momu
  • Miyako: 桃 (mum)
  • Yaeyama: 桃 (mun)
  • ⇒ Yonaguni: 糖桃坊 (tūmumbu)