< Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan
Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yoko
Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *yəkə (“sideways; crossbar, yoke”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /joko/
Noun
*yoko
- sideways
- crossbar, yoke
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: 横 (ゆく゚ー, yukū)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 横 (ゆく, yuku)
- Okinawan: 横 (ゆく, yuku)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 横 (ゆく, yuku)
- Yaeyama: 横 (ゆく, yuku)
- Yonaguni: 横 (どぅぐ, dugu)