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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kaki

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 *kaku (“to scratch; to write”).

Verb

*kaki

  1. to scratch
  2. to write

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 掻ちゅい, 書ちゅい (kachui)
    • Kunigami: 掻ちゅん, 書ちゅん (hachun)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 掻きゅり, 書きゅり (kakyuri)
    • Okinawan: 掻ちゅん, 書ちゅん (kachun)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 掻きゅん, 書きゅん (kakyun)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 掻きゅむっ, 書きゅむっ (kakyum)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 掻きぃ, 書きぃ (kakï)
    • Yoron: 掻きゅん, 書きゅん (kakyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 掻きぃ, 書きぃ (kaksï)
    • Yaeyama: 掻くん, 書くん (kakun)
    • Yonaguni: 掻ぐん, 書ぐん (kagun)
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