< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yoki
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *yoki (“hail, snow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /joki/
Noun
*yoki
- (precipitation) hail
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan: 유기 (yuki) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Kunigami: 雪 (ゆちー, yuchī)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 雪 (ゆき, yuki)
- Okinawan: 雪 (ゆち, yuchi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 雪 (ゆきぃ, yuksï)
- Yonaguni: 雪 (どぅてぃ, duti)