Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yowa

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Adjective

*yowa

weak

Descendants

Old Japanese: 弱 (yo₁wa, in compounds), 弱し (yo₁wasi)
- Japanese: 弱い (yowai)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *yowa
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 弱さい (yuwasai)
  - Kunigami: 弱せん (yōsen)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 弱さり (yowasari)
  - Okinawan: 弱さん (yōsan)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 弱さん (yūsan)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 弱さむっ (yuwāsam, yiwāsam)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 弱い (yuwai)
  - Yoron: 弱さん (yuwasan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 弱 (yū)
  - Yaeyama: 弱さん (yōsan)
  - Yonaguni: 弱ん (duwan)

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