Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/poka

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *pəka

Etymology

Related to Baekje ホカ (*poka, outside).[1]

The second mora means "place".

Noun

*poka

  1. other side

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: , (poka)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *poka
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Southern Ryukyuan:

References

  1. ^ John Bentley (2000) “New Look at Paekche and Korean: Data from Nihon shoki”, in Language Research[1], volume 36, number 2, Seoul National University, pages 417—443