Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kuwa

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuwa/

Noun

*kuwa

child

Descendants

Old Japanese: 子 (ko₁)
- Japanese: 子 (ko)
Ryukyuan: *kuwa
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 子 (か, ka)
  - Kunigami: 子 (く゚ぁー, kwā)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 子 (くぁ, kwa)
  - Okinawan: 子 (っくぁ, kkwa)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 子 (くぁー, kwā)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 子 (くぁー, kwā)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 子 (くぁ, kwa)
  - Yoron: 子 (くぁ, kwa)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 子 (っふぁ, ffa)
  - Yaeyama: 子 (ふぁー, fā)
  - Yonaguni: 子 (はー, hā)