Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kubi

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Proto-Ryukyuan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Japonic *kunpi (“collar, neck”).

Noun edit

*kubi

collar
neck

Descendants edit

Northern Ryukyuan: くび (kubi) (Omoro Sōshi, 12th to 16th century)
- Kikai: 首 (kubi)
- Kunigami: 首 (kubī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 首 (kubi)
- Okinawan: 首 (kubi)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 首 (kubi, kubī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 首 (kup)
- Toku-No-Shima: 首 (kubi, xubi)
- Yoron: 首 (kubi)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 首 (fugzï)
- Yaeyama: 首 (fubï)
- ⇒ Yonaguni: 手ぬ首 (tinun, “wrist”) (< *te no kubi)