Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kage

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Proto-Ryukyuan

Alternative forms

*kaga

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kankai (“shade, shadow”).

Noun

*kage

shade, shadow

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 陰, 影 (han'gi, han'gï, hai. han'gā)
- Kunigami: 陰, 影 (hagi, khāgi, khāgā)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 陰, 影 (xage)
- Okinawan: 陰, 影 (kāgi, kaji, kāgā)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 陰, 影 (hagi, haga)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 陰, 影 (kagë)
- Toku-No-Shima: 陰, 影 (xagï, xaga)
- Yoron: 陰, 影 (hagi, haga)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 陰, 影 (kagi)
- Yaeyama: 陰, 影 (kai, kagi)
- Yonaguni: 陰, 影 (kan'gi)