< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yake
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *yaku (“to burn”, intransitive).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jake/
Verb
*yake
- (intransitive) to burn
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: 焼きーるん (yakīrun)
- Okinawan: 焼きゆん (yakiyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Yaeyama: 焼きるん (yakirun)