Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/keᴮ

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Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Japonic *kəy (“tree”).

Noun

*keᴮ[1]

  1. tree
Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 木, 樹 (xïï, hī)
    • Kunigami: 木, 樹 (khī /⁠kʰǐː⁠/)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 木, 樹 (kï, xï, xïï)
    • Okinawan: 木, 樹 (kī /⁠⁠⁠kìː⁠⁠/)
    • Okinoerabu: 木, 樹 (hī /⁠çǐː⁠/)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 木, 樹 (xïï /⁠kʰɨ̀ː⁠/)
    • Tokunoshima: 木, 樹 (kï /⁠kɨ́⁠/)
    • Yoron: 木, 樹 (shī /⁠ɕǐː⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 木, 樹 (kī)
    • Yaeyama: 木, 樹 (kī /⁠kíː⁠/)
    • Yonaguni: 木, 樹 (kī /⁠⁠kìː⁠⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 342-343
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