From Proto-Japonic *anku ( “ to raise ” ) .
*age
to raise
Northern Ryukyuan:
Kikai: 上ぎゆい ( agiyui )
Kunigami: 上ぎーるん ( agīrun /ʔàgíːɾûŋ/ )
Northern Amami-Oshima: 上ぐぃるり ( agïruri )
Okinawan: 上ぎゆん ( agiyun /ʔágíjùŋ/ )
Oki-No-Erabu: 上ぎゆん ( agiyun /ʔàgíjúŋ/ )
Southern Amami-Oshima: 上ぐぃりゅむっ ( agïryum )
Toku-No-Shima: 上ぐぃるい ( agïrui /ʔàgɨ́ɾúɪ́/ )
Yoron: 上ぎゅん ( agyun /àgjùŋ/ )
Southern Ryukyuan:
Miyako: 上ぎイ゚ ( agiɿ )
Yaeyama: 上ぎん ( agin /ʔágîŋ/ ) , 上ぎるん ( agirun /ʔágíɾùŋ/ )
Yonaguni: 上き゚るん ( a'ngirun /àŋíɾúŋ/ )
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/.
*age
land
Northern Ryukyuan:
Kunigami: 陸 ( agī /ʔàgíː/ )
Okinawan: 陸 ( agi /ʔágì/ )
Oki-No-Erabu: 陸 ( agī /ʔàgíː/ )
Southern Amami-Oshima: 陸 ( agi /ʔàgîˑ/ )
Toku-No-Shima: 陸 ( agï /ʔàgɨ́/ )
Yoron: 陸 ( agi /àgì/ )
Southern Ryukyuan:
Yaeyama: 陸 ( agi /ʔágì/ )
Yonaguni: 陸 ( a'ngi /ʔàŋí/ )