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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ke
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Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology 1
From Proto-Japonic *kəy (“tree”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ke/
Noun
*ke[1]
- tree
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 木, 樹 (xïï, hī)
- Kunigami: 木, 樹 (khī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 木, 樹 (kï, xï)
- Okinawan: 木, 樹 (kī)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 木, 樹 (hī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 木, 樹 (kïï)
- Toku-No-Shima: 木, 樹 (kï, kïï, xī)
- Yoron: 木, 樹 (shī)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 木, 樹 (kī)
- Yaeyama: 木, 樹 (kī)
- Yonaguni: 木, 樹 (kī)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Japonic *kay (“hair, fur”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ke/
Noun
*ke[2]
- hair, fur
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 毛 (xïï)
- Kunigami: 毛 (khī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 毛 (kï, xï)
- Okinawan: 毛 (kī)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 毛 (hī)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 毛 (kïï)
- Toku-No-Shima: 毛 (kï, kïï)
- Yoron: 毛 (shī)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 毛 (kī)
- Yaeyama: 毛 (kī)
- Yonaguni: 毛 (kī)
References
- Maner Lawton Thorpe (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History, pages 342-343
- Maner Lawton Thorpe (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History, page 293