Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sake

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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 *sakay (“rice wine, sake”).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: A

Noun

*sake

  1. rice wine, sake

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: 사긔 (/⁠sa.kɨi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 酒 (sē)
    • Kunigami: 酒 (sakī)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 酒 (sehe)
    • Okinawan: 酒 (saki)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 酒 (saki)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 酒 (sëhë)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 酒 (sakë)
    • Yoron: 酒 (sai)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 酒 (saki)
    • Yaeyama: 酒 (saki)
    • Yonaguni: 酒 (sagi)

References

  1. ^ Lin, Chihkai (2015 August) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎, University of Hawaii at Manoa
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