Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/warə

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

Adjective

*warə

1. bad

Descendants

• Japanese: 悪い (warui) (< warosi < unattested *waro₂)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *warO
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 悪っさい (wassai)
    • Kunigami: 悪っせん (wassen)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 悪さり (warusari)
    • Okinawan: 悪っさん (wassan)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 悪さん (warosan)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 悪さむっ (warsam)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 悪っさい (wassai)
    • Yoron: 悪さん (warusan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 悪ㇲ゙ (bāz)
    • Yaeyama: 悪はーん (barahān)
    • Yonaguni: 悪さん (barasan) (< *warosi)