Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/keu

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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 *kepu (today).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: C

Noun

*keu

  1. today

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai:
      Aden: 今日 () (tone class C)
      Araki: 今日 () (tone class C)
      Kamikatetsu: 今日 () (tone class C)
      Nakasato: 今日 () (tone class C)
      Onotsu: 今日 (kyū) (tone class BC)
      Sakamine: 今日 () (tone class C)
      Shiomichi: 今日 (shū) (tone class C)
      Shitōke: 今日 (xyū) (tone class BC)
      Wan: 今日 () (tone class C)
    • Kunigami:
      Hentona: 今日 ()
      Iejima: 今日 (chū) (tone class AC)
      Nakijin: 今日 (khū) (tone class C)
      Oku: 今日 ()
      Sumuide: 今日 ()
    • Northern Amami-Oshima:
      Naze: 今日 (kyū) (tone class C)
      Yamatohama: 今日 (xïu)
      Yuwan: 今日 (kyū)
    • Okinawan:
      Naha: 今日 (chū)
      Shuri: 今日 (chū) (tone class BC)
    • Oki-No-Erabu:
      Serikaku: 今日 (hyū)
      Wadomari: 今日 (hyū) (tone class C)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima:
      Koniya: 今日 (xyū)
      Shodon: 今日 (xyu)
    • Toku-No-Shima:
      Asama: 今日 (xyū) (tone class AC)
      Inō: 今日 (xyū)
      Kametsu: 今日 (xyū)
    • Yoron: 今日 (shū) (tone class C)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:

References

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