Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kata

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kata-

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

Adjective

*kata

Descendants

Old Japanese: 堅, 硬, 固 (kata, “hard”), 難 (kata, “difficult”)
- Japanese: 堅い, 硬い, 固い (katai, “hard”), 難い (katai, -gatai, “difficult (to do)”)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kata
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 堅さい, 硬さい, 固さい, 難さい (hatasai)
  - Kunigami: 堅ーしぇん, 硬ーしぇん, 固ーしぇん, 難ーしぇん (hatāshen)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 堅さり, 硬さり, 固さり, 難さり (xaθasari)
  - Okinawan: 堅さん, 硬さん, 固さん, 難さん (katasan)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 堅さん, 硬さん, 固さん, 難さん (hatasan)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 堅さむっ, 硬さむっ, 固さむっ, 難さむっ (katasam)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 堅ーはい, 硬ーはい, 固ーはい, 難ーはい (katāhai)
  - Yoron: 堅さん, 硬さん, 固さん, 難さん (hatasan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 堅, 硬, 固, 難 (kata)
  - Yaeyama: 堅さん, 硬さん, 固さん, 難さん (katasan)
  - Yonaguni: 堅ん, 硬ん, 固ん, 難ん (katan)