Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/azi

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

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *anti (“flavor, taste”).

Noun

*azi

  1. flavor, taste

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 味 (aji)
    • Kunigami: 味 (ajī, ajē)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 味 (aji)
    • Okinawan: 味 (aji)
    • Okinoerabu: 味 (ajī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 味 (aje)
    • Tokunoshima: 味 (ajī)
    • Yoron: 味 (aji)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 味 (azï)
    • Yaeyama: 味 (azï)
    • Yonaguni: 味 (adi)
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