Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kawa

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 1

From Proto-Japonic *kapa (“source of freshwater”).

Noun

*kawa

1. spring, well

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 川 (hā)
  • Kunigami: 川 (hā)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 川 (xō)
  • Okinawan: 川 (kā)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 川 (hō)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 川 (xō)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 川 (xō)
  • Yoron: 川 (kō)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 川 (kā)
  • Yaeyama: 川 (kā)
  • Yonaguni: 川 (kā)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *kapa (“bark, hide, skin; leather”).

Noun

*kawa

1. bark, hide, skin
2. leather

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 皮, 革 (hā)
  • Kunigami: 皮, 革 (hā)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 皮, 革 (xō)
  • Okinawan: 皮, 革 (kā)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 皮, 革 (hō)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 皮, 革 (xō)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 皮, 革 (xo, xō)
  • Yoron: 皮, 革 (hō)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 皮, 革 (kā)
  • Yaeyama: 皮, 革 (kā)
  • Yonaguni: 皮, 革 (kā)