Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kuwa

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 *kupa (“mulberry”).

Noun

*kuwa

1. mulberry

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • ⇒ Kunigami: 桑木 (kwāgi) (< *kuwa-ge)
  • ⇒ Northern Amami Ōshima: 桑木 (kwāgï) (< *kuwa-ge)
  • Okinawan: 桑 (kwā)
  • Okinoerabu: 桑 (kwā)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 桑 (kwa, kwā)
  • ⇒ Tokunoshima: 桑木 (kwāgï) (< *kuwa-ge)
  • ⇒ Yoron: 桑木 (kwāgi) (< *kuwa-ge)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Yaeyama: 桑 (kwā)