Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kuki

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Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kukui (“stalk, stem”).

Noun

*kuki

  1. stalk, stem

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 茎 (guchi)
    • Kunigami: 茎 (guchī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 茎 (xuxi)
    • Okinawan: 茎 (guchi)
    • Okinoerabu: 茎 (kūchī, kūkī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 茎 (xki)
    • Tokunoshima: 茎 (kuki)
    • Yoron: 茎 (kuki)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Yaeyama: 茎 (fukï)
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