Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kəmai

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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

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Alternative reconstructions

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Noun

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*kəmai[2]

  1. rice

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: (ko2me2)
    • Japanese: (kome)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *kome
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 姑米 (kumi) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)[3]
      • Kikai: (fumi)[4]
      • Kunigami: (fumī)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (xumï)[1]
      • Okinawan: (kumi)[1]
      • Okinoerabu: (fumi)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (kumï)
      • Tokunoshima: (kumï)
      • Yoron: (fumi)[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Martine Robbeets (2021) Triangulation supports agricultural spread of the Transeurasian languages[1] - see 25Eurasia3anglesynthesisSI5eJaponic.xlsx
  2. ^ Alexander Vovin (2014) “Out of Southern China?”, in XXVIIes Journées de Linguistique d'Asie Orientale[2], retrieved 2022-12-27
  3. ^ Lin, Chihkai (2015 August) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach[3], University of Hawaii at Manoa
  4. ^ ふみ【米】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.