Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/e-ka

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 *e-ka (“how”).

Pronoun

*e-ka

1. how

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 如何 (sha, sa), 如何な (ixana)
  • Kunigami: 如何 (cā, ikāna, hikāna)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 如何し (xyashi)
  • Okinawan: 如何 (chā, icha, ikana)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 如何 (icha, ikya)
  • ⇒ Southern Amami-Oshima: 如何し (ikyashi, ixyāshi)
  • ⇒ Toku-No-Shima: 如何すぃ (ikyasï)
  • Yoron: 如何 (ichā)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 如何 (ikya)
  • ⇒ Yaeyama: 如何有ら (ikāra)
  • ⇒ Yonaguni: 如何な (ikana)