Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/arasi

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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

From Proto-Japonic *arasi (storm).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: A

Noun

*arasi

  1. storm

Reconstruction notes

Analysis shows that this word has been displaced by independent compound words in most of the daughter languages.

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: (arāshi /⁠àɾáːɕì⁠/)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: (arashi)
    • Okinawan: (arashi /⁠áɾáɕì⁠/)
    • Okinoerabu: (arashi /⁠àɾàɕí⁠/)
    • Tokunoshima: (arasï /⁠àɾàsɨ́⁠/)