Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kukui

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

Noun

*kukui

1. stalk, stem

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 茎 (kuki₂, kuku)
  • Japanese: 茎 (kuki, kuku)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *kuki
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 茎 (guchi)
    • Kunigami: 茎 (guchī)
    • Okinawan: 茎 (guchi)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 茎 (kūchī, kūkī)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 茎 (xki)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 茎 (kuki)
    • Yoron: 茎 (kuki)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Yaeyama: 茎 (fukï)