Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/munai

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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 1

Pronunciation

  • Accent class: 2.2

Noun

*munai

  1. chest, breast, bosom
Descendants
  • Old Japanese: (mune, muna-)
    • Japanese: (mune, muna-, mune: Heian HL, Tokyo 3 , Kyoto 2 ,[1] Kagoshima A [HL-L[2])
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mune
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (muni, munï)
      • Kunigami: ()
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (munï)
      • Okinawan: (nni)
      • Okinoerabu: ()
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (munï)
      • Tokunoshima: (nïï)
      • Yoron: ()
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (mmi)
      • Yaeyama: (nni)
      • Yonaguni: (nni)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Accent class: 2.1

Noun

*munai

  1. roof ridge
Descendants
  • Old Japanese: (mune, muna-)
    • Japanese: (mune, muna-, mune: Heian HH, Tokyo 0 , Kyoto 0 ,[3] Kagoshima A [2])
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mune
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kunigami: ()
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (munï)
      • Okinawan: (nni)
      • Okinoerabu: ()
      • Tokunoshima: (nëë)
      • Yoron: ()
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (mmi)
      • Yaeyama: (nni)
      • Yonaguni: (nni)

References

  1. ^ むね 【胸】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  3. ^ むね 【棟】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here