Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/uki

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 *uku (“to float”).

Verb

*uki

1. to float

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 浮ちゅい (uchui)
  • Kunigami: 浮ちゅん (fuchun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 浮く゚り (uxuri)
  • Okinawan: 浮ちゅん (uchun)
  • Yoron: 浮きゅん (ukyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • ⇒ Miyako: 浮かー上がㇲ゙ (ukāgaz), 浮か上がㇲ゙ (ukagaz) (< *uki-agari)
  • Yaeyama: 浮っけーるん (ukkērun)