Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kome

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This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Japonic *kəmay (rice).

Noun

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*kome[1]

  1. rice

Descendants

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  • Northern Ryukyuan: 姑米 (kumi) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)[2]
    • Kikai: (fumi)[3]
    • Kunigami: (fumī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: (xumï)[1]
    • Okinawan: (kumi)[1]
    • Okinoerabu: (fumi)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: (kumï)
    • Tokunoshima: (kumï)
    • Yoron: (fumi)[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Martine Robbeets (2021) Triangulation supports agricultural spread of the Transeurasian languages[1] - see 25Eurasia3anglesynthesisSI5eJaponic.xlsx
  2. ^ Lin, Chihkai (2015 August) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach[2], University of Hawaii at Manoa
  3. ^ ふみ【米】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.