Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/aka

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

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *aka (“light; red”).

Noun

*aka

1. light
2. red

Adjective

*aka

1. bright
2. red

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 赤 (ā, axa), 赤さい (āsai)
  • Kunigami: 赤 (hā), 明しぇん (hāshen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 赤 (hā-), 赤さり (hāsari)
  • Okinawan: 赤 (akā), 赤さん (akasan)
  • Okinoerabu: 赤さん (āsan)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 赤ーさむっ (ahāsam)
  • Tokunoshima: 赤 (axa), 赤あい (ā'āi)
  • Yoron: 赤 (ā), 赤さん (āsan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 赤 (aka)
  • Yaeyama: 赤 (akā), 明さーん (akasān)
  • Yonaguni: 赤 (aga), 明ん (agan)