Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yowa

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Japonic *yowa (weak).

Adjective

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*yowa

  1. weak

Descendants

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  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 弱さい (yuwasai)
    • Kunigami: 弱せん (yōsen)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 弱さり (yowasari)
    • Okinawan: 弱さん (yōsan)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 弱さん (yūsan)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 弱さむっ (yuwāsam, yiwāsam)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 弱い (yuwai)
    • Yoron: 弱さん (yuwasan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:

References

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  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 345-346
  • Samuel E. Martin (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 845