Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/paka

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 *paka (“grave”).

Noun

*paka

1. grave

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 墓 (faka)
  • Kunigami: 墓 (phakā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 墓 (haxa)
  • Okinawan: 墓 (haka)
  • Okinoerabu: 墓 (hakā)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 墓 (hakā)
  • Tokunoshima: 墓 (haka, hā)
  • Yoron: 墓 (paka)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 墓 (paka)
  • Yaeyama: 墓 (pakā)
  • Yonaguni: 墓 (haga)