Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kunpi

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

Noun

*kunpi

neck
the neck of a piece of clothing: collar

Descendants

Old Japanese: 首 (kubi₁)
- Japanese: 首 (kubi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kubi
- Northern Ryukyuan: くび (kubi) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
  - Kikai: 首 (kubi)
  - Kunigami: 首 (kubī)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 首 (kubi)
  - Okinawan: 首 (kubi)
  - Okinoerabu: 首 (kubi, kubī)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 首 (kup)
  - Tokunoshima: 首 (kubi, xubi)
  - Yoron: 首 (kubi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 首 (fugzï)
  - Yaeyama: 首 (fubï)
  - Yonaguni: 首 (un, “collar”)