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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/puka

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 *puka (“deep”).

Adjective

*puka

  1. deep

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 深さい (kwasai)
    • Kunigami: 深せん (pukāsen)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 深さり (fukasari)
    • Okinawan: 深さん (fukasan)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 深さん (fukasan)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 深ーさむっ (fukāsam)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 深さい (fukasai)
    • Yoron: 深さん (pukasan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 深 (fuka)
    • Yaeyama: 深さん (fukasan)
    • Yonaguni: 深ん (kān)
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