Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/se

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

Pronunciation edit

Accent class: 1.1

Noun edit

*se

rapids

Descendants edit

Old Japanese: 瀬, 湍 (se)
- Japanese: 瀬, 湍 (se, Heian HH, Tokyo 0 [L(L)], Kyoto 0 [H(H)],^[1] Kagoshima A [F(L)]^[2])
Proto-Ryukyuan: *se (“reef; boulder”, tone class A)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 瀬, 湍 (shī)
  - Kunigami: 瀬, 湍 (sïï /⁠ɕĭː⁠/)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 瀬, 湍 (shī)
  - Okinawan: 瀬, 湍 (shī /⁠ɕîː⁠/)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 瀬, 湍 (shī /⁠ɕĭː⁠/)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 瀬, 湍 (sïï /⁠ɕĭː⁠/)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 瀬, 湍 (shïï /⁠ɕɨ́ː⁠/) (Asama dialect)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 瀬, 湍 (shī)

References edit

^ “せ【瀬・湍】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
^ Martin, Samuel E. (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 520

[KDJ2O-1] “せ【瀬・湍】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)

[JLTT-2] Martin, Samuel E. (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 520

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