Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mukantay

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Reconstruction

The final *-ay diphthong is reconstructed on the assumption that the word is derived from *tay (“hand”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mukantai̯/

Noun

*mukantay

centipede

Descendants

Old Japanese: [Term?] (not attested?)
- Japanese: 百足 (むかで, mukade)
Ryukyuan: *mukade
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 百足 (むか゚ーじ, mukāji)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 百足 (もか゚ぜ, moxaze)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 百足 (むかじ, mukaji)
  - Okinawan: 百足 (んかじ, nkaji)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 百足 (ぬかで, nukade)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 百足 (んかじ, nkaji)
  - Yaeyama: 百足 (んがさ, ngasa)
  - Yonaguni: 百足 (んかでぃ, nkadi)