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みん【水】

min

Definition

Noun

  1. Water; cold water; fresh water

Etymology

Cognate to Amami (Setouchi) めィでぃ mïdi; Okinoerabu, Yoron and Okinawan みじ miji; Yonaguni みん min "water". Also cognate to Akita むぃづぃ mïdzï; Nagasaki (Gotou) and Kagoshima (Minamikyushu) みん min; Kagoshima みっ miq; and standard Japanese みず【水】 mizu "water". Historically attested under the spelling みづ【水】 midu in Japanese.

Historical attestations for Ryukyuan:

  • Attested in the Konkoukenshuu (混効験集, 1711), "Words of the Royal Palace", under the spelling みづ midu (#2 p. 18).

Reconstructions:

  • Most sources reconstruct *medu for proto-Ryukyuan, *midu for proto-Japanese and *medu for proto-Japonic.

意味:みず【水】

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