Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kawa

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Japonic *kapa (“source of freshwater”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kawa/

Noun

*kawa

spring, well

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 川 (はー, hā)
- Kunigami: 川 (はー, hā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 川 (こ゚ー, xō)
- Okinawan: 川 (かー, kā)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 川 (ほー, hō)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 川 (こ゚ー, xō)
- Toku-No-Shima: 川 (こ゚ー, xō)
- Yoron: 川 (ほー, hō)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 川 (かー, kā)
- Yaeyama: 川 (かー, kā)
- Yonaguni: 川 (かー, kā)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *kapa (“bark, hide, skin; leather”).

Noun

*kawa

bark, hide, skin
leather

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 皮, 革 (はー, hā)
- Kunigami: 皮, 革 (はー, hā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 皮, 革 (こ゚ー, xō)
- Okinawan: 皮, 革 (かー, kā)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 皮, 革 (ほー, hō)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 皮, 革 (こ゚ー, xō)
- Toku-No-Shima: 皮, 革 (こ゚ー, xō)
- Yoron: 皮, 革 (ほー, hō)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 皮, 革 (かー, kā)
- Yaeyama: 皮, 革 (かー, kā)
- Yonaguni: 皮, 革 (かー, kā)