Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/saki

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

Pronunciation

  • Accent class: 2.1
    • It is unclear why Tokyo and Kyoto shifted accentual reflexes.

Noun

*saki

  1. point, tip
  2. cape, peninsula

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 先, 前 (saki1, “point, tip”), 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (saki1, cape, peninsula)
    • Japanese: 先, 前 (saki, “point, tip”, Heian HH, Tokyo 0 [LH(H)] ~ 1 [HL(L)], Kyoto 0 [HH(H)] ~ 1 [HL(L)],[1] Kagoshima A [HL(L)][2]), 崎, 埼, 岬, 碕 (saki, “cape, peninsula”, Heian HH, Tokyo 1 [HL(L)], Kyoto 2 [HL(L)],[3] Kagoshima A [HL(L)[4])
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *saki (accent class A)

References

  1. ^ “さき 【先・前】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  3. ^ “さき 【崎・埼・岬・碕】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  4. ^ Samuel E. Martin (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 517
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