Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mukantai

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Reconstruction

The final *-ai diphthong is reconstructed on the assumption that the word is derived from *tai (“hand”).

Noun

*mukantai

  1. centipede

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 呉公 (mukate)
    • Japanese: 百足 (mukade, mukaze)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mukaze
    • 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:
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