Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kuntira

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

Etymology

Compare Korean 고래 (gorae, “whale”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*kuntira

whale

Descendants

Old Japanese: くぢら (kudira)
- Japanese: 鯨 (kujira)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kuzira
- Northern Ryukyuan: *kujira, *gujira
  - Kikai: 鯨 (kujja, kuiya)
  - Kunigami: 鯨 (kujja)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 鯨 (gujira, xujiya)
  - Okinawan: 鯨 (gujira)
  - Okinoerabu: 鯨 (gujiya)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 鯨 (gujirya, gujrya)
  - Tokunoshima: 鯨 (gunja)
  - Yoron: 鯨 (gūja, gūjā)
- Southern Ryukyuan: *fuzïra
  - Miyako: 鯨 (fudza)
  - Yaeyama: 鯨 (futtsa)