Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kugi

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 *kunki (“nail”).

Noun

*kugi

1. nail

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 釘 (kuni)
  • Kunigami: 釘 (kujī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 釘 (kugi)
  • Okinawan: 釘 (kuji)
  • Okinoerabu: 釘 (kugī, kuji)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 釘 (kuk)
  • Tokunoshima: 釘 (kugi)
  • Yoron: 釘 (kugi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 釘 (fugzï)
  • Yaeyama: 釘 (fun)
  • Yonaguni: 釘 (fun)