Proto-Ryukyuan

English Proper noun en linguistics a language family comprising of the Ryukyuan languages en Studies in Japanese and Korean historical and theoretical linguistics and beyond The reconstruction of pr jpx-ryu-pro *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 thus need to reconstruct only one pj word here: jpx-pro *muy *mui 1.1 'body, flesh, meat, soft tissue underneath the skin or shell of animals and fruits.' 2017 McClure, William 61 A (more) comparative approach to some Japanese etymologies https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004351134_007 See also jpx-ryu-pro