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

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)