Proto-Ryukyuan
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Etymology 1
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From Proto-Japonic *kəy (“tree”).
*keᴮ[1]
- tree
Descendants
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- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 木, 樹 (xïï, hī)
- Kunigami: 木, 樹 (khī /kʰǐː/)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 木, 樹 (kï, xï, xïï)
- Okinawan: 木, 樹 (kī /kìː/)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 木, 樹 (hī /çǐː/)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 木, 樹 (xïï /kʰɨ̀ː/)
- Toku-No-Shima: 木, 樹 (kï /kɨ́/)
- Yoron: 木, 樹 (shī /ɕǐː/)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 木, 樹 (kī)
- Yaeyama: 木, 樹 (kī /kíː/)
- Yonaguni: 木, 樹 (kī /kìː/)
References
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- ^ Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 342-343