Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kaki

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Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kaku (“to scratch; to write”).

Verb

*kaki

to scratch
to write

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 掻ちゅい, 書ちゅい (kachui)
- Kunigami: 掻ちゅん, 書ちゅん (hachun)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 掻きゅり, 書きゅり (kakyuri)
- Okinawan: 掻ちゅん, 書ちゅん (kachun)
- Okinoerabu: 掻きゅん, 書きゅん (kakyun)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 掻きゅむっ, 書きゅむっ (kakyum)
- Tokunoshima: 掻きぃ, 書きぃ (kakï)
- Yoron: 掻きゅん, 書きゅん (kakyun)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 掻きぃ, 書きぃ (kaksï)
- Yaeyama: 掻くん, 書くん (kakun)
- Yonaguni: 掻ぐん, 書ぐん (kagun)