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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ke

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 1

From Proto-Japonic *kəy (“tree”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*ke[1]

  1. tree
Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 木, 樹 (xïï, hī)
    • Kunigami: 木, 樹 (khī)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 木, 樹 (kï, xï)
    • Okinawan: 木, 樹 (kī)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 木, 樹 (hī)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 木, 樹 (kïï)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 木, 樹 (kï, kïï, xī)
    • Yoron: 木, 樹 (shī)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *kay (“hair, fur”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*ke[2]

  1. hair, fur
Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 毛 (xïï)
    • Kunigami: 毛 (khī)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 毛 (kï, xï)
    • Okinawan: 毛 (kī)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 毛 (hī)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 毛 (kïï)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 毛 (kï, kïï)
    • Yoron: 毛 (shī)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 毛 (kī)
    • Yaeyama: 毛 (kī)
    • Yonaguni: 毛 (kī)

References
  1. Maner Lawton Thorpe (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, pages 342-343
  2. Maner Lawton Thorpe (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, page 293
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