Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tumay

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

Note the similarity with Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁m(uə)ŋʔ (“nail, claw”), whence Vietnamese móng (“nail, claw”).

Noun

*tumay

1. nail, claw

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 爪 (tume₂, tuma)
  • Japanese: 爪 (tsume, tsuma)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *tume
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 爪 (tumi, tsumi)
    • Kunigami: 爪 (chimī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 爪 (chimï, tsïmï)
    • Okinawan: 爪 (chimi)
    • Okinoerabu: 爪 (chimi, chimī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 爪 (tïmï)
    • Tokunoshima: 爪 (tsïmï)
    • Yoron: 爪 (chimi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 爪 (tsïmi)
    • Yaeyama: 爪 (tsïmi)
    • Yonaguni: 爪 (nmi)