Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kamui

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.

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Proto-Japonic

Noun

*kamui

1. god

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 神 (kami₂, kamu)
  • Japanese: 神 (kami, kan)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *kami
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 神 (kami)
    • Kunigami: 神 (khamī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 神 (xami)
    • Okinawan: 神 (kami)
    • Okinoerabu: 神 (hamī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 神 (kami)
    • Tokunoshima: 神 (kamī)
    • Yoron: 神 (kami)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 神 (kam)
    • Yaeyama: 神 (kan)
    • Yonaguni: 神 (kami, kan)
• (possibly) → Ainu: カムイ (kamuy)
• (possibly) → Korean: 검 (geom)