Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kuwu

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

Verb

*kuwu

to kick

Descendants

Old Japanese: 蹴う (kuu)
- Japanese: 蹴る (keru)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *k(y/V)e
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 蹴ん (kin)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 蹴るり (xïruri)
  - Okinawan: 蹴ゆん (kiyun)
  - Okinoerabu: 蹴ゆん (hïyun)
  - Tokunoshima: 蹴ゆい (kïyui)
  - Yoron: 蹴ゆん (shiyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 蹴ーㇲ゙ (kīz)
  - Yaeyama: 蹴るん (kirun)
  - Yonaguni: 蹴るん (kirun)