Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/uku

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

Verb

*uku (infinitive *uki)

1. to float

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 浮 (uku)
  • Japanese: 浮く (uku)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *uki
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 浮ちゅい (uchui)
    • Kunigami: 浮ちゅん (fuchun)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 浮く゚り (uxuri)
    • Okinawan: 浮ちゅん (uchun)
    • Yoron: 浮きゅん (ukyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • ⇒ Miyako: 浮かー上がㇲ゙ (ukāgaz), 浮か上がㇲ゙ (ukagaz) (< *uki-agari)
    • Yaeyama: 浮っけーるん (ukkērun)