Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/munai

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 1

Pronunciation

Accent class: 2.2

Noun

*munai

chest, breast, bosom

Descendants

Old Japanese: 胸 (mune, muna-)
- Japanese: 胸 (mune, muna-, mune: Heian HL, Tokyo 3 [LH-L], Kyoto 2 [HL-L],^[1] Kagoshima A [HL-L^[2])
Proto-Ryukyuan: *mune
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 胸 (muni, munï)
  - Kunigami: 胸 (nī)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 胸 (munï)
  - Okinawan: 胸 (nni)
  - Okinoerabu: 胸 (nī)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 胸 (munï)
  - Tokunoshima: 胸 (nïï)
  - Yoron: 胸 (nī)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 胸 (mmi)
  - Yaeyama: 胸 (nni)
  - Yonaguni: 胸 (nni)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Accent class: 2.1

Noun

*munai

roof ridge

Descendants

Old Japanese: 棟 (mune, muna-)
- Japanese: 棟 (mune, muna-, mune: Heian HH, Tokyo 0 [LH-H], Kyoto 0 [HH-H],^[3] Kagoshima A [HL-L]^[2])
Proto-Ryukyuan: *mune
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 棟 (nī)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 棟 (munï)
  - Okinawan: 棟 (nni)
  - Okinoerabu: 棟 (nī)
  - Tokunoshima: 棟 (nëë)
  - Yoron: 棟 (nī)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 棟 (mmi)
  - Yaeyama: 棟 (nni)
  - Yonaguni: 棟 (nni)

References

^ “むね【胸】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
^ “むね【棟】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[KDJ2Oc-1] “むね【胸】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[ZAJ-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

[KDJ2Or-3] “むね【棟】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

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