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Proto-Japonic [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Probably a compound of *i ( “ breath ” , possibly from *iki ( “ breath ” ) ) + *nə ( genitive case particle ) + *ti ( “ spirit, force, soul ” ) .
*inəti
life
Descendants [ edit ]
Old Japanese: 命 ( ino2 ti )
Proto-Ryukyuan: *inoti Northern Ryukyuan:Kikai: 命 ( inuchi ) Kunigami: 命 ( inuchī, nuchī ) Northern Amami-Oshima: 命 ( nyuchi, nyūchi ) Okinawan: 命 ( inuchi, nuchi ) Oki-No-Erabu: 命 ( inuchi ) Southern Amami-Oshima: 命 ( inochi ) Toku-No-Shima: 命 ( inucï ) Yoron: 命 ( inuchi, nuchi ) Southern Ryukyuan:Miyako: 命 ( nnutsï ) Yaeyama: 命 ( nutsï ) Yonaguni: 命 ( nutti )