Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/age

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Japonic *anku (to raise).

Pronunciation

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  • Tone class: A

Verb

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*age

  1. to raise
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Likely an extension of Etymology 1 above. This extension also occurred in the Shikoku region, the Chūgoku region, Fukuoka Prefecture and Kagoshima prefecture, where this form is preserved as /age/.

Pronunciation

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  • Tone class: A

Verb

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*age

  1. land
Descendants
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  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: (agī /⁠ʔàgíː⁠/)
    • Okinawan: (agi /⁠ʔágì⁠/)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: (agī /⁠ʔàgíː⁠/)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: (agi /⁠ʔàgîˑ⁠/)
    • Toku-No-Shima: (agï /⁠ʔàgɨ́⁠/)
    • Yoron: (agi /⁠àgì⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Yaeyama: (agi /⁠ʔágì⁠/)
    • Yonaguni: (a'ngi /⁠ʔàŋí⁠/)