Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/age
Proto-Ryukyuan
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Japonic *anku (“to raise”).
Pronunciation
edit- Tone class: A
Verb
edit*age
- to raise
Descendants
edit- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan:
Etymology 2
editLikely 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
edit- Tone class: A
Verb
edit*age