Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kunpi

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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

Noun

*kunpi

  1. neck
  2. the neck of a piece of clothing: collar

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: (kubi1)
    • Japanese: (kubi)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *kubi
    • Northern Ryukyuan: くび (kubi) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
      • Kikai: (kubi)
      • Kunigami: (kubī)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (kubi)
      • Okinawan: (kubi)
      • Okinoerabu: (kubi, kubī)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (kup)
      • Tokunoshima: (kubi, xubi)
      • Yoron: (kubi)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (fugzï)
      • Yaeyama: (fubï)
      • Yonaguni: (un, collar)