Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kuntira

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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

Etymology

Compare Korean 고래 (gorae, “whale”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*kuntira

  1. whale

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: くぢら (kudira)
    • Japanese: 鯨 (kujira)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *kuzira
    • Northern Ryukyuan: *kujira, *gujira
      • Kikai: 鯨 (kujja, kuiya)
      • Kunigami: 鯨 (kujja)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 鯨 (gujira, xujiya)
      • Okinawan: 鯨 (gujira)
      • Okinoerabu: 鯨 (gujiya)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 鯨 (gujirya, gujrya)
      • Tokunoshima: 鯨 (gunja)
      • Yoron: 鯨 (gūja, gūjā)
    • Southern Ryukyuan: *fuzïra
      • Miyako: 鯨 (fudza)
      • Yaeyama: 鯨 (futtsa)
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