Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kumo

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kumo (“cloud”).

Noun

*kumo

  1. cloud

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 雲 (kumu)
    • Kunigami: 雲 (k'umū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 雲 (komo, k'umo)
    • Okinawan: 雲 (kumu)
    • Okinoerabu: 雲 (kumu, kumū)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 雲 (kumo, kumu)
    • Tokunoshima: 雲 (kumu)
    • Yoron: 雲 (kumu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 雲 (fumu)
    • Yaeyama: 雲 (fumu)
    • Yonaguni: 雲 (nmu)

References

  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 272-273
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