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Proto-Ryukyuan[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Japonic *kəi (“tree”).
Pronunciation[edit]
*ke[1]
- tree
Descendants[edit]
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 木, 樹 (xïï, hī)
- Kunigami: 木, 樹 (khī /kʰǐː/)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 木, 樹 (kï, xï, xïï)
- Okinawan: 木, 樹 (kī /kìː/)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 木, 樹 (hī /çǐː/)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 木, 樹 (xïï /kʰɨ̀ˑ/)
- Toku-No-Shima: 木, 樹 (kï /kɨ́/)
- Yoron: 木, 樹 (hī, shī /çǐː, ɕǐː/)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 木, 樹 (kī)
- Yaeyama: 木, 樹 (kī /kíː/)
- Yonaguni: 木, 樹 (kī /kìː/)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Japonic *kai (“hair, fur”).
Pronu ciation[edit]
*ke[2]
- hair, fur
Descendants[edit]
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 毛 (xïï)
- Kunigami: 毛 (khī /kʰíː/)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 毛 (kï, xï, xïï)
- Okinawan: 毛 (kī /kîː/)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 毛 (hī /çíː/)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 毛 (xïï /kʰɨ̂ˑ/)
- Toku-No-Shima: 毛 (kïï /kɨ́ː/)
- Yoron: 毛 (shī /ɕìː/)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 毛 (kī)
- Yaeyama: 毛 (kī /kîː/)
- Yonaguni: 毛 (kī /kíː/)
References[edit]
- ^ Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 342-343
- ^ Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[2], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 293