Proto-Ryukyuan

Proper noun

Proto-Ryukyuan

1. a language family comprising of the Ryukyuan languages
   • The reconstruction of pr *mi a 'body, flesh, meat' and its comparison with Japanese mu- ~ mï 1.1 'body' is rather straightforward. Though the two are traditionally thought to be distinct words, this is clearly the same word as oj mï 'fruit, seed, kernel, pulp,' which also belongs to class 1.1. We...2017, McClure, William, “A (more) comparative approach to some Japanese etymologies”, in Studies in Japanese and Korean historical and theoretical linguistics and beyond, page 61