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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kəmay

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

Alternative reconstructions

Noun

*kəmay[2]

  1. rice

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 米 (ko2me2)
    • Japanese: 米 (kome)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *kome
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 姑米 (kumi) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)[3]
      • Kikai: 米 (fumi)[4]
      • Kunigami: 米 (fumī)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 米 (xumï)[1]
      • Okinawan: 米 (kumi)[1]
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 米 (fumi)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 米 (kumï)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 米 (kumï)
      • Yoron: 米 (fumi)[1]

References
  1. Martine Robbeets (2021) Triangulation supports agricultural spread of the Transeurasian languages‎ - see 25Eurasia3anglesynthesisSI5eJaponic.xlsx
  2. Alexander Vovin (2014) “Out of Southern China?”, in XXVIIes Journées de Linguistique d'Asie Orientale‎, retrieved 2022-12-27
  3. Lin, Chihkai (2015 August) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  4. “ふみ【米】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
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