Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pati

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

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Middle Korean 벌〯 (pěl, “bee”).

Pronunciation

Accent class: 2.1

Noun

*pati

bee, wasp

Descendants

Old Japanese: 蜂 (PATI)
- Japanese: 蜂 (hachi, Heian HH, Tokyo 0 [LH(H)], Kyoto 0 [HH(H)],^[1] Kagoshima A [HL(L)^[2])
Proto-Ryukyuan: *pati (tone class A)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 蜂 (pachi)
  - Kunigami: 蜂 (phachī /⁠pʰàtɕíː⁠/)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 蜂 (hachi)
  - Okinawan: 蜂 (hachā /⁠hátɕâː⁠/) (< *patiCa)
  - Okinoerabu: 蜂 (hachi /⁠hàtɕí⁠/)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 蜂 (hach /⁠hátɕ̩⁠/)
  - Tokunoshima: 蜂 (hachi /⁠hàtɕɪ́⁠/)
  - Yoron: 蜂 (pachi /⁠pàtɕì⁠/)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 蜂 (patsï)
  - Yaeyama: 蜂 (padzï /⁠pádzɨ̀⁠/)
  - Yonaguni: 蜂 (hachi, hata /⁠hàtɕî, hàtâ⁠/) (< *pati, *patiCa)

References

^ “はち【蜂】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

[KDJ2O-1] “はち【蜂】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[ZAJ-2] Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

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