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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kome

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 *kəmay (“rice”).

Noun

*kome[1]

  1. rice

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 姑米 (kumi) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)[2]
    • Kikai: 米 (fumi)[3]
    • 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. Lin, Chihkai (2015 August) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  3. “ふみ【米】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
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