Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kuntira

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

Etymology

Compare Korean 고래 (gorae, “whale”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*kuntira

1. whale

Descendants

• Old Japanese: くぢら (kudira)
  • Japanese: 鯨 (kujira)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *kuzira
  • Northern Ryukyuan: *kujira, *gujira
    • Kikai: 鯨 (kujja, kuiya)
    • Kunigami: 鯨 (kujja)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 鯨 (gujira, xujiya)
    • Okinawan: 鯨 (gujira)
    • Okinoerabu: 鯨 (gujiya)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 鯨 (gujirya, gujrya)
    • Tokunoshima: 鯨 (gunja)
    • Yoron: 鯨 (gūja, gūjā)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *fuzïra
    • Miyako: 鯨 (fudza)
    • Yaeyama: 鯨 (futtsa)