Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mi

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

**Proto-Japonic numbers ^(edit)**
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Cardinal: *mi

Etymology

Likely related to *mu (“six”) and possibly Goguryeo *密 (*mit) and Kaya *密 (*mit) (Vovin 2017).

Numeral

*mi

three

Descendants

Old Japanese: 三 (mi₁)
- Japanese: 三 (mi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *mi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 三 (mī)
  - Kunigami: 三 (mī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 三 (mī)
  - Okinawan: 三 (mī)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 三 (mī)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 三 (mī)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 三 (mī)
  - Yoron: 三 (mī)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 三 (mī)
  - Yaeyama: 三 (mī)
  - Yonaguni: 三 (mī)

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