Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/keᴬ

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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 *kay (hair, fur).

Noun

*keᴬ[1]

  1. hair, fur

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: (xïï)
    • Kunigami: (khī /⁠kʰíː⁠/)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: (kï, xï, xïï)
    • Okinawan: ( /⁠kîː⁠/)
    • Okinoerabu: ( /⁠çíː⁠/)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: (xïï /⁠kʰɨ̂ˑ⁠/)
    • Tokunoshima: (kïï /⁠kɨ́ː⁠/)
    • Yoron: (shī /⁠ɕìː⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: ()
    • Yaeyama: ( /⁠kîː⁠/)
    • Yonaguni: ( /⁠kíː⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 293