Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kokono

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

**Proto-Ryukyuan numbers ^(edit)**
← 8	9	10 →
Cardinal: *kokono

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kəkənə (“nine”).

Numeral

*kokono

nine

Descendants

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Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 九 (xunu)
- Kunigami: 九 (khunu)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 九 (xunu)
- Okinawan: 九 (kukunu)
- Okinoerabu: 九 (kunu)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 九 (xunu)
- Tokunoshima: 九 (kunu)
- Yoron: 九 (kunu)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 九 (kukunu)
- Yaeyama: 九 (kukunu)
- Yonaguni: 九 (kugunu)