Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mukantai

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *mukansai

Reconstruction

The final *-ai diphthong is reconstructed on the assumption that the word is derived from *tai (“hand”).

Noun

*mukantai

1. centipede

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 呉公 (mukate)
  • Japanese: 百足 (mukade, mukaze)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *mukaze
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 百足 (mukade, mukadi, mukaze)
    • Kunigami: 百足 (mukāji)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 百足 (moxaze)
    • Okinawan: 百足 (nkaji)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 百足 (mukaji)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 百足 (nukade)
    • Yoron: 百足 (mukadi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 百足 (nkaji)
    • Yaeyama: 百足 (ngasa)
    • Yonaguni: 百足 (nkadi)