Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/koe

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 *kəway (“voice”).

Noun

*koe

1. voice

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 声 (kui)
  • Kunigami: 声 (fui)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 声 (xui)
  • Okinawan: 声 (kwī)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 声 (kwī)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 声 (kui)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 声 (kui)
  • Yoron: 声 (fui)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 声 (kui)
  • Yaeyama: 声 (kui)
  • Yonaguni: 声 (kui)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 343-344