Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kumo

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 an ancient nativized borrowing from Old Chinese 雲 (/*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/, /*ɢun/). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*kumo

cloud

Descendants

Old Japanese: 雲 (kumo₁)
- Japanese: 雲 (kumo)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kumo
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 雲 (くむ, kumu)
  - Kunigami: 雲 (くﾟむー, kumū)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 雲 (くも, kumo)
  - Okinawan: 雲 (くむ, kumu)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 雲 (くむ, kumu)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 雲 (くむ, kumu)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 雲 (くむ, kumu)
  - Yoron: 雲 (くむ, kumu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 雲 (ふむ, fumu)
  - Yaeyama: 雲 (ふむ, fumu)
  - Yonaguni: 雲 (んむ, nmu)

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