Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kutu

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

edit

Etymology

edit
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Cognate with Japanese きつい (kitsui, narrow; harsh) despite phonology and semantics? Compare 厳しい (kibishii, narrow; harsh). Accent is problematic: A-B-A (1. Tokyo 2. Kyoto 3. Kagoshima), and this seems to be a tone class B adjective (Yonaguni accent is irregular, probably a loanword from Okinawan).”

Adjective

edit

*kutu

  1. painful

Descendants

edit

Further reading

edit
  • Martin, Samuel E. (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 832