Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kutui

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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

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Etymology

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Possibly cognate with Goguryeo *古次 (*kuci, mouth).[1][2][3]

Noun

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*kutui[1]

  1. mouth

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: (kuti, kutu)
    • Japanese: (kuchi, kutsu)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *kuti
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 키지 (/⁠kʰɨ.t͡si⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
      • Kikai: (kuchi)
      • Kunigami: (khuchī)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (kuchi, xuchi)
      • Okinawan: (kuchi)
      • Okinoerabu: (kuchi, kuchī)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (kuch)
      • Tokunoshima: (kutsï)
      • Yoron: (kuchi)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (futsï)
      • Yaeyama: (futsï)
      • Yonaguni: (ttī)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 {Vovin, Alexander (2017) “Origins of the Japanese Language”, in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics, →DOI
  2. ^ Itabashi, Yoshizo (2003) “高句麗の地名から高句麗語と朝鮮語・日本語との史 的関係をさぐる”, in 日本語系統論の現 [Perspectives on the Origins of the Japanese Language] (in Japanese), →DOI, pages 131-185
  3. ^ Beckwith, Christopher (2007) Koguryo: The Language of Japan’s Continental Relatives (Brill's Japanese Studies Library)‎[1], →ISBN, page 128, →ISBN