Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kuni

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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[edit]

Noun[edit]

*kuni

  1. country
  2. land

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Japanese: (kuni, kunu)
    • Japanese: (kuni, kunu)
      • → Northern Ryukyuan:
        • Kunigami: (khunī)
        • Northern Amami-Oshima: (kuni)
        • Okinawan: (kuni)
        • Southern Amami-Oshima: (kunī)
        • Toku-No-Shima: (kunī)
        • Yoron: (kuni)
      • → Southern Ryukyuan:
        • Miyako: (kuni)
        • Yaeyama: (kuni)
        • Yonaguni: (kuni)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *kuni
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Yaeyama: (fun)