Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mukaze

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 *mukansai (“centipede”).

Noun

*mukaze

1. centipede

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 百足 (mukade, mukadi, mukaze)
  • Kunigami: 百足 (mukāji)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 百足 (moxaze)
  • Okinawan: 百足 (nkaji)
  • Okinoerabu: 百足 (mukaji)
  • Tokunoshima: 百足 (nukade)
  • Yoron: 百足 (mukadi)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 百足 (nkaji)
  • Yaeyama: 百足 (ngasa)
  • Yonaguni: 百足 (nkadi)