Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ap-

This Proto-Japonic 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.
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Proto-Japonic

Verb

*ap- (infinitive *api)

  1. to meet

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 合ふ, 会ふ, 逢ふ, 遭ふ (apu)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *ai
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 合ーゆい, 会ーゆい, 逢ーゆい, 遭ーゆい (āyui)
      • Kunigami: 合ーるん, 会ーるん, 逢ーるん, 遭ーるん (ārun, ōrun)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 合うり, 会うり, 逢うり, 遭うり (ōuri)
      • Okinawan: 合ーゆん, 会ーゆん, 逢ーゆん, 遭ーゆん (āyun, ōyun)
      • Okinoerabu: 合ーゆん, 会ーゆん, 逢ーゆん, 遭ーゆん (ōyun)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 合ーゆむっ, 会ーゆむっ, 逢ーゆむっ, 遭ーゆむっ (ōyum)
      • Okinoerabu: 合ーゆい, 会ーゆい, 逢ーゆい, 遭ーゆい (ōyui)
      • Yoron: 合ん, 会ん, 逢ん, 遭ん (en)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: , , , (ō)
      • Yaeyama: 合ん, 会ん, 逢ん, 遭ん (aun, ōn)