Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kəmay

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

Alternative reconstructions

*kəm[1]

Noun

*kəmay[2]

rice

Descendants

Old Japanese: 米 (ko₂me₂)
- Japanese: 米 (kome)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kome
- Northern Ryukyuan: 姑米 (kumi) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)[3]
  - Kikai: 米 (fumi)[4]
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 米 (khumï)[1]
  - Okinawan: 米 (kumi)[1]
  - Toku-No-Shima: 米 (kumïï)[1]
  - Yoron: 米 (fumi)[1]
- Southern Ryukyuan: *maï (Robbeets, 2021)[1]
  - Miyako: 米 (maï)[1]
  - Yaeyama: 米 (mai)[1]
  - Yonaguni: 米 (mai)[1]

References

Martine Robbeets (2021) Triangulation supports agricultural spread of the Transeurasian languages‎ - see 25Eurasia3anglesynthesisSI5eJaponic.xlsx
Alexander Vovin (2014), “Out of Southern China?”, in Acedemia.edu‎, retrieved 2022-12-27
Chihkai Lin (August 2015) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎, University of Hawaii at Manoa
“ふみ【米】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

[MR2021-1] Martine Robbeets (2021) Triangulation supports agricultural spread of the Transeurasian languages‎ - see 25Eurasia3anglesynthesisSI5eJaponic.xlsx

[2] Alexander Vovin (2014), “Out of Southern China?”, in Acedemia.edu‎, retrieved 2022-12-27

[3] Chihkai Lin (August 2015) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎, University of Hawaii at Manoa

[4] “ふみ【米】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.