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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/umo

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Noun

*umo

  1. edible tuber[1][2][3][4]
Descendants
  • Old Japanese: うも (umo), 芋 (imo)
    • Japanese: 芋 (imo, Heian LL, Tokyo LH(L), Kyoto HL(L),[2] Kagoshima B [LH(L)][5])
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *umu
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 芋 (umu)
      • Kunigami: 芋 (umū)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 芋 (umu)
      • Okinawan: 芋 ('nmu)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 芋 (umu)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 芋 (m)
      • Yaeyama: 芋 (umu)
      • ⇒ Yonaguni: 芋 (unti)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. “芋”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. “芋”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  5. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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