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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kunpi

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

Noun

*kunpi

  1. neck
  2. the neck of a piece of clothing: collar

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 首 (kubi1)
    • Japanese: 首 (kubi)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *kubi
    • 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)
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