Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ku

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.

Proto-Japonic

Verb

*ku (infinitive *ki, irrealis *kə)

to come

Descendants

Old Japanese: 來 (ku)
- Japanese: 来る (kuru)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *ki
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 来ーい (shūi)
  - Kunigami: 来ん (sun)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 来り (xuri)
  - Okinawan: 来ーん (chūn)
  - Okinoerabu: 来ん (chun)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 来ゅむっ (kyum)
  - Tokunoshima: 来ゅい (kyui)
  - Yoron: 来ゅん (kyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 来 (ksï)
  - Yaeyama: 来ん (kïn)
  - Yonaguni: 来ん (kun)