Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kimi

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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Accent class: 2.5b

Noun edit

*kimi

Descendants edit

Old Japanese: 黍 (ki₁mi₁)
- Japanese: 黍 (kibi, Heian LF, Tokyo 1 [HL(L)], Kyoto 1:25 [LF ~ LH(L)] (the same accent applies for the original kimi reading, with the exception of Tokyo and Kagoshima, which does not have accent information^[1]),^[2] Kagoshima B [LH(L)]^[3])
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kimi (tone class B)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - ⇒ Kunigami: 唐黍 (thōjimī /⁠tʰòːdʑìmíː⁠/) (< *tau-gimi)
  - ⇒ Northern Amami-Oshima: 唐の黍 (θonokin) (< *tau-no-kimi)
  - ⇒ Okinawan: 真黍 (mājin /⁠máːdʑìŋ⁠/), 唐ぬ黍 (tōnuchin /⁠tòːnùtɕìŋ⁠/) (< *ma-gimi, *tau-no-kimi)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 黍 (kimī /⁠kìmǐː⁠/), ⇒ 唐黍 (tōjini /⁠tòːdʑìní⁠/) (< *kimi, *tau-gimi)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 黍 (kimi /⁠kìmìˑ⁠/)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 黍 (kimi /⁠kìmî⁠/), ⇒ 唐黍 (tōgin /⁠tòːgɪ́ŋ⁠/) (< *kimi, *tau-gimi)
  - ⇒ Yoron: 唐黍 (tōgin /⁠tòːgǐŋ⁠/) (< *tau-gimi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 黍 (ksïm)
  - Yaeyama: 黍 (kïn /⁠kɨ́ŋ⁠/)
  - ⇒ Yonaguni: 黍 (chinti /⁠tɕǐntî⁠/), 高黍 (tagachin /⁠tàgátɕîŋ⁠/) (< *kimi-[si ~ tE], *taka-kimi)

References edit

^ “きみ【黍・稷】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
^ “きび【黍・稷】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

[KDJ2Okimi-1] “きみ【黍・稷】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)

[KDJ2O-2] “きび【黍・稷】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)

[ZAJ-3] 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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