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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kiki

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 *kiku (“to hear, listen”).

Verb

*kiki

  1. to hear, listen

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 聞きゅい, 聴きゅい (kikyui)
    • Kunigami: 聞ちゅん, 聴ちゅん (hichun, shichun)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 聞きゅり, 聴きゅり (kikyuri)
    • Okinawan: 聞ちゅん, 聴ちゅん (chichun)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 聞きゅん, 聴きゅん (kikyun)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 聞きゅむっ, 聴きゅむっ (xixyum)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 聞き, 聴き (kiki)
    • Yoron: 聞きゅん, 聴きゅん (kikyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 聞きぃ, 聴きぃ (ksïksï)
    • Yaeyama: 聞くん, 聴くん (sïkun)
    • Yonaguni: 聞ん, 聴ん (kkun)

References
  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 294
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