Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/saki

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 *saki (“point, tip; cape; peninsula”).

Pronunciation

Tone class: A

Noun

*saki

point, tip
cape, peninsula

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan: さき (saki) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
- Kikai: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (sachi)
- Kunigami: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (sachī /⁠sàtɕíː⁠/)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (saki)
- Okinawan: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (sachi /⁠sátɕì⁠/)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (sachi /⁠sàtɕí⁠/)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (sak /⁠sák̩⁠/)
- Toku-No-Shima: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (saki /⁠sàkɪ́⁠/)
- Yoron: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (saki /⁠sàkì⁠/)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (saksï)
- Yaeyama: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (sakï /⁠sákɨ̀⁠/)
- Yonaguni: 先, 前, 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (sati /⁠sàtí⁠/)

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