Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mu

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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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Proto-Japonic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *mu

Etymology

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Likely an ablaut of *mi (three) and possibly related to Goguryeo *密 (*mit, three).

Numeral

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*mu

  1. six

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: (mu)
    • Japanese: (mu)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mu
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: ()
      • Kunigami: ()
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: ()
      • Okinawan: ()
      • Okinoerabu: ()
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: ()
      • Tokunoshima: ()
      • Yoron: ()
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (m)
      • Yaeyama: ()
      • Yonaguni: ()