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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tumay

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

Note the similarity with Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁m(uə)ŋʔ (“nail, claw”), whence Vietnamese móng (“nail, claw”).

Noun

*tumay

  1. nail, claw

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 爪 (tume2, tuma)
    • Japanese: 爪 (tsume, tsuma)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *tume
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 爪 (tumi, tsumi)
      • Kunigami: 爪 (chimī)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 爪 (chimï, tsïmï)
      • Okinawan: 爪 (chimi)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 爪 (chimi, chimī)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 爪 (tïmï)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 爪 (tsïmï)
      • Yoron: 爪 (chimi)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 爪 (tsïmi)
      • Yaeyama: 爪 (tsïmi)
      • Yonaguni: 爪 (nmi)
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