Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/waka

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

Adjective edit

*waka

young

Antonyms edit

*puru

Descendants edit

Old Japanese: 若 (waka)
- Japanese: 若 (waka), 若い (wakai)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *waka
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 若さい (wāsai)
  - Kunigami: 若せん (wahāsen)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 若さり (wahasari)
  - Okinawan: 若さん (wakasan)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 若さん (wāsan)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 若さむっ (wahāsam)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 若せい (wāsai)
  - Yoron: 若さん (wāsan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 若 (baka)
  - Yaeyama: 若さん (bagasan)
  - Yonaguni: 若ん (bagan)