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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kutui

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

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Goguryeo *古次 (*kuci, “mouth”).[1][2][3]

Noun

*kutui[1]

  1. mouth

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 口 (kuti, kutu)
    • Japanese: 口 (kuchi, kutsu)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *kuti
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 키지 (/⁠kʰɨ.t͡si⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
      • Kikai: 口 (kuchi)
      • Kunigami: 口 (khuchī)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 口 (kuchi, xuchi)
      • Okinawan: 口 (kuchi)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 口 (kuchi, kuchī)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 口 (kuch)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 口 (kutsï)
      • Yoron: 口 (kuchi)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 口 (futsï)
      • Yaeyama: 口 (futsï)
      • Yonaguni: 口 (ttī)

References
  1. {Vovin, Alexander (2017) “Origins of the Japanese Language”, in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics, →DOI
  2. Itabashi, Yoshizo (2003) “高句麗の地名から高句麗語と朝鮮語・日本語との史 的関係をさぐる [A Study of the Historical Relationship of the Koguryo Language, the Old Japanese Language, and the Middle Korean Language on the Basis of Fragmentary Glosses Preserved as Place Names in the Samguk Sagi]”, in 日本語系統論の現 [Perspectives on the Origins of the Japanese Language] (in Japanese), →DOI, pages 131-185
  3. Beckwith, Christopher (2007) Koguryo: The Language of Japan’s Continental Relatives (Brill's Japanese Studies Library)‎, →ISBN, page 128, →ISBN
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