Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kome

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 *kəmay (“rice”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kome/

Noun

*kome[1]

rice

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan: 姑米 (kumi) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)[2]
- Kikai: 米 (fumi)[3]
- 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
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] Chihkai Lin (August 2015) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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