< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/waka
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *waka (“young”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /waka/
Adjective
*waka
- young
Antonyms
- *puru
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 若さい (わーさい, wāsai)
- Kunigami: 若せん (わはーせん, wahāsen)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 若さり (わはさり, wahasari)
- Okinawan: 若さん (わかさん, wakasan)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 若さん (わーさん, wāsan)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 若さむっ (わはさむっ, wahasam)
- Toku-No-Shima: 若せい (わーさい, wāsai)
- Yoron: 若さん (わーさん, wāsan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 若 (ばか, baka)
- Yaeyama: 若さん (ばがさん, bagasan)
- Yonaguni: 若ん (ばがん, bagan)