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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kubi

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 *kunpi (“collar, neck”).

Noun

*kubi

  1. collar
  2. neck

Descendants
  • 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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