Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kokono

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Proto-Ryukyuan numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: *kokono

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kəkənə (“nine”).

Numeral

*kokono

1. nine

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 九 (xunu)
  • Kunigami: 九 (khunu)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 九 (xunu)
  • Okinawan: 九 (kukunu)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 九 (kunu)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 九 (xunu)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 九 (kunu)
  • Yoron: 九 (kunu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 九 (kukunu)
  • Yaeyama: 九 (kukunu)
  • Yonaguni: 九 (kugunu)