Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/age
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This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan
Etymology 1
From Proto-Japonic *ank-a- (“to raise”).
Pronunciation
- Tone class: A
Verb
*age
- to raise
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan:
Etymology 2
Likely an extension of Etymology 1 above. This extension also occurred in the Shikoku region, the Chūgoku region, Fukuoka Prefecture and Kagoshima prefecture, where this form is preserved as /age/.
Pronunciation
- Tone class: A
Verb
*age