Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nəmu

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

Verb

*nəmu

to drink

Descendants

Old Japanese: 飲, 呑 (no₂mu)
- Japanese: 飲む, 呑む (nomu)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *nomi
- Northern Ryukyuan: 누미 (numi) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  - Kikai: 飲みゅい, 呑みゅい (numyui)
  - Kunigami: 飲みん, 呑みん (numin)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 飲むり, 呑むり (numuri)
  - Okinawan: 飲むん, 呑むん (numun, nunun)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 飲みゅん, 呑みゅん (numyun)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 飲みゅむっ, 呑みゅむっ (numyum)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 飲み, 呑み (numi)
  - Yoron: 飲みゅん, 呑みゅん (numyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 飲むっ, 呑むっ (num)
  - Yaeyama: 飲むん, 呑むん (numun)
  - Yonaguni: 飲むん, 呑むん (numun)

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