Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mu

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

Proto-Japonic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *mu

Etymology

Likely an ablaut of *mi (“three”) and possibly related to Goguryeo *密 (*mit, “three”).

Numeral

*mu

  1. six

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 六 (mu)
    • Japanese: 六 (mu)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mu
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 六 (mū)
      • Kunigami: 六 (mū)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 六 (mū)
      • Okinawan: 六 (mū)
      • Okinoerabu: 六 (mū)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 六 (mū)
      • Tokunoshima: 六 (mū)
      • Yoron: 六 (mū)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 六 (m)
      • Yaeyama: 六 (mū)
      • Yonaguni: 六 (mū)
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