Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kubi

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

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kunpi (“collar, neck”).

Noun

*kubi

1. collar
2. neck

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: くび (kubi) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
  • Kikai: 首 (kubi)
  • Kunigami: 首 (kubī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 首 (kubi)
  • Okinawan: 首 (kubi)
  • Okinoerabu: 首 (kubi, kubī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 首 (kup)
  • Tokunoshima: 首 (kubi, xubi)
  • Yoron: 首 (kubi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 首 (fugzï)
  • Yaeyama: 首 (fubï)
  • Yonaguni: 首 (un, “collar”)