Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kumo

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 *kumo (“cloud”).

Noun

*kumo

1. cloud

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 雲 (kumu)
  • Kunigami: 雲 (kumū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 雲 (komo, kumo)
  • Okinawan: 雲 (kumu)
  • Okinoerabu: 雲 (kumu, kumū)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 雲 (kumo, kumu)
  • Tokunoshima: 雲 (kumu)
  • Yoron: 雲 (kumu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 雲 (fumu)
  • Yaeyama: 雲 (fumu)
  • Yonaguni: 雲 (nmu)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 272-273