Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kuti

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 *kutuy (“mouth”).

Noun

*kuti

1. mouth

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 키지 (/⁠kʰɨ.t͡si⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kikai: 口 (kuchi)
  • Kunigami: 口 (khuchī)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 口 (kuchi, xuchi)
  • Okinawan: 口 (kuchi)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 口 (kuchi, kuchī)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 口 (kuch)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 口 (kutsï)
  • Yoron: 口 (kuchi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 口 (futsï)
  • Yaeyama: 口 (futsï)
  • Yonaguni: 口 (ttī)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 308