Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/awoi

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic edit

Etymology edit

Related to *awo (“blue”).

Pronunciation edit

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Accent class: 2.5b

Noun edit

*awoi^[1]

indigo

Descendants edit

Old Japanese: 藍 (awi)
- Japanese: 藍 (ai)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *awi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 藍 (ē)
  - Kunigami: 藍 (ē)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 藍 (yē)
  - Okinawan: 藍 (ē)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 藍 (ai)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 藍 (ē)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 藍 (ai) (in compounds)
  - Yoron: 藍 (ai)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 藍 (āz)
  - Yaeyama: 藍 (ai)
  - Yonaguni: 藍 (ai)

References edit

^ Pellard, Thomas (2013) “Ryukyuan perspectives on the proto-Japonic vowel system”, in Frellesvig, Bjarke, Sells, Peter, editors, Japanese/Korean Linguistics‎^[1], number 20, CSLI Publications, →ISBN, page 91

[P13-1] Pellard, Thomas (2013) “Ryukyuan perspectives on the proto-Japonic vowel system”, in Frellesvig, Bjarke, Sells, Peter, editors, Japanese/Korean Linguistics‎^[1], number 20, CSLI Publications, →ISBN, page 91

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