Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kuwu

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

*kuwu

1. to kick

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 蹴う (kuu)
  • Japanese: 蹴る (keru)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *k(y/V)e
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 蹴ん (kin)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 蹴るり (xïruri)
    • Okinawan: 蹴ゆん (kiyun)
    • Okinoerabu: 蹴ゆん (hïyun)
    • Tokunoshima: 蹴ゆい (kïyui)
    • Yoron: 蹴ゆん (shiyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 蹴ーㇲ゙ (kīz)
    • Yaeyama: 蹴るん (kirun)
    • Yonaguni: 蹴るん (kirun)