Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sake

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 *sakay (“rice wine, sake”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: A

Noun

*sake

1. rice wine, sake

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 사긔 (/⁠sa.kɨi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kikai: 酒 (sē)
  • Kunigami: 酒 (sakī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 酒 (sehe)
  • Okinawan: 酒 (saki)
  • Okinoerabu: 酒 (saki)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 酒 (sëhë)
  • Tokunoshima: 酒 (sakë)
  • Yoron: 酒 (sai)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 酒 (saki)
  • Yaeyama: 酒 (saki)
  • Yonaguni: 酒 (sagi)