Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kəmai

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Alternative reconstructions

*kəm^[1]

Noun

*kəmai^[2]

rice

Descendants

Old Japanese: 米 (ko₂me₂)
- Japanese: 米 (kome)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kome
- Northern Ryukyuan: 姑米 (kumi) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)^[3]
  - Kikai: 米 (fumi)^[4]
  - Kunigami: 米 (fumī)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 米 (xumï)^[1]
  - Okinawan: 米 (kumi)^[1]
  - Okinoerabu: 米 (fumi)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 米 (kumï)
  - Tokunoshima: 米 (kumï)
  - Yoron: 米 (fumi)^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Martine Robbeets (2021) Triangulation supports agricultural spread of the Transeurasian languages‎ - see 25Eurasia3anglesynthesisSI5eJaponic.xlsx
^ Alexander Vovin (2014) “Out of Southern China?”, in XXVIIes Journées de Linguistique d'Asie Orientale‎, retrieved 2022-12-27
^ Lin, Chihkai (2015 August) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎, University of Hawaii at Manoa
^ “ふみ【米】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

[MR2021-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Martine Robbeets (2021) Triangulation supports agricultural spread of the Transeurasian languages‎ - see 25Eurasia3anglesynthesisSI5eJaponic.xlsx

[2] Alexander Vovin (2014) “Out of Southern China?”, in XXVIIes Journées de Linguistique d'Asie Orientale‎, retrieved 2022-12-27

[3] Lin, Chihkai (2015 August) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎, University of Hawaii at Manoa

[4] “ふみ【米】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kəmai

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Proto-Japonic

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Noun

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References

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