Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/koi

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

Noun

*koi

1. yellow

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 黃 (ki₂)
  • Japanese: 黄 (ki)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *ki
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • ⇒ Kunigami: 黄色 (chīrū) (< *ki-ero)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 黄色 (kīiru), 黄さり (kīsari) (< *ki-ero, *ki)
    • ⇒ Okinawan: 黄色 (chīru) (< *ki-ero)
    • ⇒ Southern Amami-Oshima: 黄色 (kīir) (< *ki-ero)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • ⇒ Miyako: 黄色 (ksïïru) (< *ki-ero)
    • Yaeyama: 黄 (kïï)