Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kuntira

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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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Etymology

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Compare Korean 고래 (gorae, whale). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

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*kuntira

  1. whale

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: くぢら (kudira)
    • Japanese: (kujira)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *kuzira
    • Northern Ryukyuan: *kujira, *gujira
      • Kikai: (kujja, kuiya)
      • Kunigami: (kujja)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (gujira, xujiya)
      • Okinawan: (gujira)
      • Okinoerabu: (gujiya)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (gujirya, gujrya)
      • Tokunoshima: (gunja)
      • Yoron: (gūja, gūjā)
    • Southern Ryukyuan: *fuzïra
      • Miyako: (fudza)
      • Yaeyama: (futtsa)