< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kami
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *kamuy (“god”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kami/
Noun
*kami
- god
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: 神 (かみー, khamī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 神 (か゚み, xami)
- Okinawan: 神 (かみ, kami), 神 (かん, kan)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 神 (はみ, hami)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 神 (かむっ, kam)
- Yaeyama: 神 (かん, kan)