Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kumo

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

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Etymology

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Possibly an ancient nativized borrowing from Old Chinese (*ɢun). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

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*kumo

  1. cloud

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: (kumo1)
    • Japanese: (kumo)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *kumo
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (kumu)
      • Kunigami: (kumū)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (komo, kumo)
      • Okinawan: (kumu)
      • Okinoerabu: (kumu, kumū)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (kumo, kumu)
      • Tokunoshima: (kumu)
      • Yoron: (kumu)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (fumu)
      • Yaeyama: (fumu)
      • Yonaguni: (nmu)