Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yaku

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

Verb edit

*yaku (infinitive *yaki, {{{1}}} *yakai)

(transitive, intransitive) to burn
(transitive) to cook, to grill
(intransitive) to be cooked, to be grilled

Descendants edit

Old Japanese: 焼 (yaku)
- Japanese: 焼く (yaku, transitive), 焼ける (yakeru, intransitive)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *yaki (transitive)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 焼きゅい (yakyui)
  - Kunigami: 焼ちゅん (yachun)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 焼く゚り (yaxuri)
  - Okinawan: 焼ちゅん (yachun)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 焼きゅん (yakyun)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 焼きゅむっ (yakyum)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 焼き (yaki)
  - Yoron: 焼きゅん (yakyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 焼きぃ (yaksï)
  - Yaeyama: 焼くん (yakun)
  - Yonaguni: 焼ぐん (dagun)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *yake (intransitive)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 焼きーるん (yakīrun)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 焼へるり (yeheruri)
  - Okinawan: 焼きゆん (yakiyun)
  - Yoron: 焼きゅん (yakyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 焼きーㇲ゙ (yakīz)
  - Yaeyama: 焼きるん (yakirun)
  - Yonaguni: 焼ぎるん (dagirun)