Proto-Ryukyuan
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Etymology
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From Proto-Japonic *kay (“hair, fur”).
*keᴬ[1]
- hair, fur
Descendants
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- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 毛 (xïï)
- Kunigami: 毛 (khī /kʰíː/)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 毛 (kï, xï, xïï)
- Okinawan: 毛 (kī /kîː/)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 毛 (hī /çíː/)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 毛 (xïï /kʰɨ̂ˑ/)
- Toku-No-Shima: 毛 (kïï /kɨ́ː/)
- Yoron: 毛 (shī /ɕìː/)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 毛 (kī)
- Yaeyama: 毛 (kī /kîː/)
- Yonaguni: 毛 (kī /kíː/)
References
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- ^ Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 293