Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kaza

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 *kansa (“odor”).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: A

Noun

*kaza

  1. odor

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 香 (hada)
    • Kunigami: 香 (hajā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 香 (xaza)
    • Okinawan: 香 (kaza)
    • Okinoerabu: 香 (hajā)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 香 (xada)
    • Tokunoshima: 香 (xada)
    • Yoron: 香 (hada)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 香 (kaza)
    • Yaeyama: 香 (kaza)
    • Yonaguni: 香 (kada, kadai)
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