Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/i-ka

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.

Proto-Japonic

Pronoun

*i-ka

  1. how

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 如何 (ika)
    • Japanese: 如何 (ika, ikaga) (< ika, ika-ni-ka)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *i-ka
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 如何 (sha, sa), 如何な (ixana)
      • Kunigami: 如何 (cā, ikāna, hikāna)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 如何し (xyashi)
      • Okinawan: 如何 (chā, icha, ikana)
      • Okinoerabu: 如何 (icha, ikya)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 如何し (ikyashi, ixyāshi)
      • Tokunoshima: 如何すぃ (ikyasï)
      • Yoron: 如何 (ichā)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 如何 (ikya)
      • Yaeyama: 如何有ら (ikāra)
      • Yonaguni: 如何な (ikana)