Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kugi

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 *kunki (“nail”).

Noun

*kugi

  1. nail

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 釘 (kuni)
    • Kunigami: 釘 (kujī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 釘 (kugi)
    • Okinawan: 釘 (kuji)
    • Okinoerabu: 釘 (kugī, kuji)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 釘 (kuk)
    • Tokunoshima: 釘 (kugi)
    • Yoron: 釘 (kugi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 釘 (fugzï)
    • Yaeyama: 釘 (fun)
    • Yonaguni: 釘 (fun)
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