Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kuki

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

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kukui (“stalk, stem”).

Noun

*kuki

1. stalk, stem

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 茎 (guchi)
  • Kunigami: 茎 (guchī)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 茎 (xuxi)
  • Okinawan: 茎 (guchi)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 茎 (kūchī, kūkī)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 茎 (xki)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 茎 (kuki)
  • Yoron: 茎 (kuki)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Yaeyama: 茎 (fukï)