A suffixed form of a root *me, also seen in Goguryeo 買 (*me, “river, water”). Related with Goguryeo 買召, 彌鄒 (*medu). *mentu water Old Japanese: 水 (mi1du)...
Possibly cognate with Goguryeo *旦 (*tan). *tani valley Old Japanese: 谷 (tani) Japanese: 谷 (tani) Proto-Ryukyuan: *tani Vovin, Alexander (2017) “Origins...
the noble titles of the Buyeo and Goguryeo kingdoms of ancient Korea, and to 皆 (MC keaj), appearing in pseudo-Goguryeo toponyms with the apparent meaning...
Possibly cognate with Goguryeo 難隱 (*nanən). *nana seven Old Japanese: 七 (nana) Japanese: 七 (nana) Proto-Ryukyuan: *nana Northern Ryukyuan: Kikai: 七 (nana)...
Likely an ablaut of *mi (“three”) and possibly related to Goguryeo *密 (*mit, “three”). *mu six Old Japanese: 六 (mu) Japanese: 六 (mu) Proto-Ryukyuan: *mu...
Likely related to *mu (“six”) and possibly Goguryeo *密 (*mit) and Kaya *密 (*mit) (Vovin 2017). *mi three Old Japanese: 三 (mi1) Japanese: 三 (mi) Proto-Ryukyuan:...
Possibly cognate with Goguryeo 德 (*tək). According to Ono (1970), related to *tawa or *təwə (“bend”) from the common hand-counting method of showing the...
Possibly cognate with Goguryeo 于次 (ucha). *etu five Old Japanese: 五 (itu) Japanese: 五 (itsu) Proto-Ryukyuan: *etu Northern Ryukyuan: Kikai: 五 (itsu) Kunigami:...
This Goguryeo entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have...
Possibly cognate with Goguryeo 烏斯含 (*osegam). *wosanki hare, rabbit Eastern Old Japanese: 乎佐藝 (wosagi1) Old Japanese: 兔 (*usagi1) Japanese: 兎 (usagi) Proto-Ryukyuan:...