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.

Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *ikari (“anchor”).

Noun

*ikari

1. anchor

Reconstruction notes

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 lost its reflex of *ikari for some reason.

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kunigami: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ikāri)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ixyari)
  • Okinawan: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ikai, ichai)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ikkai)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ixyāri, ixyar)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ikyai)
  • Yoron: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ichai)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Yaeyama: 碇, 錨, 矴, 重石, 沈石 (ikarï, ikara)