Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kuti

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kutuy (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuti/

Noun

*kuti

mouth

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 口 (くち, kuchi)
- Kunigami: 口 (くちー, khuchī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 口 (く゚ち, xuchi)
- Okinawan: 口 (くち, kuchi)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 口 (くち, kuchi)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 口 (くちゅっ, kuch)
- Toku-No-Shima: 口 (くつぃ, kutsï)
- Yoron: 口 (くち, kuchi)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 口 (ふつ, futsu)
- Yaeyama: 口 (ふつぃ, futsï)
- Yonaguni: 口 (ってぃ, tti)