Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kuwa

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 *kupa (“mulberry”).

Noun

*kuwa

  1. mulberry

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • ⇒ Kunigami: 桑木 (kwāgi) (< *kuwa-ge)
    • ⇒ Northern Amami Ōshima: 桑木 (kwāgï) (< *kuwa-ge)
    • Okinawan: 桑 (kwā)
    • Okinoerabu: 桑 (kwā)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 桑 (kwa, kwā)
    • ⇒ Tokunoshima: 桑木 (kwāgï) (< *kuwa-ge)
    • ⇒ Yoron: 桑木 (kwāgi) (< *kuwa-ge)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Yaeyama: 桑 (kwā)
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