Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kaze

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 *kansai (“wind”).

Pronunciation

Tone class: A

Noun

*kaze

wind

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan: 칸즤 (/⁠kʰan.t͡sɨi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Kikai: 風 (haji, hadi)
- Kunigami: 風 (hajī)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 風 (kaze, xaze)
- Okinawan: 風 (kaji)
- Okinoerabu: 風 (haji, hajī)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 風 (kade, kadï)
- Tokunoshima: 風 (kazï, kadï, kadi)
- Yoron: 風 (hadi)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 風 (kaji)
- Yaeyama: 風 (kaji)
- Yonaguni: 風 (kaji, kadi)

References

Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 349