Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yaki

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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yaki

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *jaki

Reconstruction

Thorpe (1983) spells this as *jaki, due to the pronunciation of the words.[1]

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *yaku (“to burn; to cook, to grill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaki/

Verb

*yaki

1. to burn
2. to cook, to grill

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 焼きゅい (yakyui)
  • Kunigami: 焼ちゅん (yachun)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 焼く゚り (yaxuri)
  • Okinawan: 焼ちゅん (yachun)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 焼きゅん (yakyun)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 焼き (yaki)
  • Yoron: 焼きゅん (yakyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 焼きぃ (yaksї)
  • Yaeyama: 焼くん (yakun)
  • Yonaguni: 焼ぐん (dagun)

References

1. Maner Lawton Thorpe (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎, page 270