User:Ceige/Overthunk Japonic
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Some words to digest
- tateru < tata-i-ru < ta ~ stand? steh2
- miru < mu-i-ru? mǝ-i-ru? Cf. other languages in the area (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/目#Japanese)
- kangaeru < kamu-kapa-iru (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/考える#Japanese)
- kami < kamu-i (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/神#Japanese)
- sake < saka-i (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/酒#Japanese, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/栄える#Japanese ("thrive, prosper" - cf. saku, bloom?))
- kushi (mystery, mystical), kusuri (medicine) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/奇し#Japanese, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/奇し#Japanese, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/薬#Japanese
Some grammar to digest
- i = emphatic nominative/nominalising particle (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/い#Japanese)