Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yak-

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 *yaku (“to burn; to cook, to grill”).

Verb

*yak-

1. (transitive) to burn
2. (transitive) to cook, to grill

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 焼きゅい (yakyui)
  • Kunigami: 焼ちゅん (yachun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 焼く゚り (yaxuri)
  • Okinawan: 焼ちゅん (yachun)
  • Okinoerabu: 焼きゅん (yakyun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 焼きゅむっ (yakyum)
  • Tokunoshima: 焼き (yaki)
  • Yoron: 焼きゅん (yakyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 焼きぃ (yaksï)
  • Yaeyama: 焼くん (yakun)
  • Yonaguni: 焼ぐん (dagun)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 270