Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ikari

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.

From Proto-Japonic *ikari (“anchor”).

• Tone class: A

*ikari

1. anchor

The Yonaguni term for "anchor" is アンカ (anka), from Japanese アンカー (ankā) and ultimately from English anchor, also appearing in Ishigaki Yaeyama アンカー (ankā). Miyako (except for Ikema) lost its reflex of *ikari for some reason, probably due to borrowings from English. The Kunigami (Nakijin-Yonamine) form is irregular; †hichai or similar would have been expected, and thus, it might be a loanword.

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • >? Kunigami: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ikāri)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ixyari)
  • Okinawan: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ikai, ichai)
  • Okinoerabu: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ikkai)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ixyāri, ixyar)
  • Tokunoshima: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ikyai)
  • Yoron: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ichai)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ikai)
  • Yaeyama: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ikarï, ikara)