Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kamui

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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.
This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

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Noun

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*kamui

  1. god

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: (kami2, kamu)
    • Japanese: (kami, kan)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *kami
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (kami)
      • Kunigami: (khamī)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (xami)
      • Okinawan: (kami)
      • Okinoerabu: (hamī)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (kami)
      • Tokunoshima: (kamī)
      • Yoron: (kami)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (kam)
      • Yaeyama: (kan)
      • Yonaguni: (kami, kan)
  • (possibly) Ainu: カムイ (kamuy)
  • (possibly) Korean: (geom)