Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yoki
Proto-Ryukyuan
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Japonic *yoki (“hail, snow”).
As it does not snow in the Ryukyu Islands, most dialects, particularly Okinawan, use this word with the meaning 'hail'.
Noun
edit*yoki
Descendants
edit- Northern Ryukyuan: 유기 (/ju.ki/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
Etymology 2
editCognate with Japanese 斧 (yoki, “hatchet”, obsolete or dialectal). Presumably from Proto-Japonic, but the word is attested too late to precisely reconstruct a vowel.
The vowel lengthening in some Northern Ryukyuan dialects and the medial -i- in the Yoron Mugiya Higashi-ku dialect suggests an earlier derivation *yo(C)Vki.
Pronunciation
edit- Tone class: irregular
Noun
edit*yoki
Descendants
edit- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Amami:
- Okinawan:
- Southern Ryukyuan (Sakishima):
- Miyako:
- Yaeyama: