Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/koni

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

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *koni (“country; land”).

Noun

*koni

1. country
2. land

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 国 (kunī)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 国 (kuni)
  • Okinawan: 国 (kuni)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 国 (kuni, kunī)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 国 (kunī)
  • Yoron: 国 (kuni)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 国 (kuni)
  • Yaeyama: 国 (kuni)
  • Yonaguni: 国 (kuni)