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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/
kai
Language
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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.
Contents
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Proto-Japonic
1.1
Noun
1.1.1
Descendants
1.2
References
Proto-Japonic
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*kay:
hair
.
Noun
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*kai
hair
,
(
zootomy
)
fur
Descendants
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Old Japanese:
毛
(
ke
2
, ka
)
Japanese:
毛
(
ke, ka
)
Proto-Ryukyuan:
*ke
Northern Ryukyuan:
Kikai:
毛
(
xïï
)
Kunigami:
毛
(
khī
/kʰíː/
)
Northern Amami-Oshima:
毛
(
kï, xï, xïï
)
Okinawan:
毛
(
kī
/kîː/
)
Oki-No-Erabu:
毛
(
hī
/çíː/
)
Southern Amami-Oshima:
毛
(
xïï
/kʰɨ̂ˑ/
)
Toku-No-Shima:
毛
(
kïï
/kɨ́ː/
)
Yoron:
毛
(
shī
/ɕìː/
)
Southern Ryukyuan:
Miyako:
毛
(
kī
)
Yaeyama:
毛
(
kī
/kîː/
)
Yonaguni:
毛
(
kī
/kíː/
)
References
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Thorpe, Maner Lawton (
1983
)
Ryūkyūan Language History
[1]
, Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page
293