Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kupa

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

*kupa

1. mulberry

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 桑 (kupa)
  • Japanese: 桑 (kuwa)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *kuwa
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • ⇒ Kunigami: 桑木 (kwāgi) (< *kuwa-ge)
    • ⇒ Northern Amami Ōshima: 桑木 (kwāgï) (< *kuwa-ge)
    • Okinawan: 桑 (kwā)
    • Okinoerabu: 桑 (kwā)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 桑 (kwa, kwā)
    • ⇒ Tokunoshima: 桑木 (kwāgï) (< *kuwa-ge)
    • ⇒ Yoron: 桑木 (kwāgi) (< *kuwa-ge)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Yaeyama: 桑 (kwā)