Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kaki

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 *kaku (“to scratch; to write”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaki/

Verb

*kaki

to scratch
to write

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 掻ちゅい, 書ちゅい (kachui)
- Kunigami: 掻ちゅん, 書ちゅん (hachun)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 掻きゅり, 書きゅり (kakyuri)
- Okinawan: 掻ちゅん, 書ちゅん (kachun)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 掻きゅん, 書きゅん (kakyun)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 掻きゅむっ, 書きゅむっ (kakyum)
- Toku-No-Shima: 掻きぃ, 書きぃ (kakï)
- Yoron: 掻きゅん, 書きゅん (kakyun)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 掻きぃ, 書きぃ (kaksï)
- Yaeyama: 掻くん, 書くん (kakun)
- Yonaguni: 掻ぐん, 書ぐん (kagun)