< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ari
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *ari (“to be”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾi/
Verb
*ari
- to exist, to be
- to have
Derived terms
- *e
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: 有ん (あん, an)
- Okinawan: 有ん (あん, an)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 有ーㇲ゙ (あーㇲ゙, āz)
- Yaeyama: 有ん (あん, an)
- Yonaguni: 有ん (あん, an)