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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.
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Proto-Ryukyuan
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *əku (“to get up; to rise”).
Verb
*oke
- to get up
- to rise
Descendants
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 起ぃゆい (uïyui, wïïyui)
- Kunigami: 起き゚るん (fukirun)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 起るり (fïïruri)
- Okinawan: 起きゆん (ukiyun)
- Okinoerabu: 起いゆん (uiyun)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 起ひぃーゅむっ ('wïhïïyum)
- Tokunoshima: 起いゆい (uiyui)
- Yoron: 起いゆん (uiyun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 起きㇲ゙ (ukiz)
- Yaeyama: 起きるん (ukirun), 起きん (ukin)
- Yonaguni: 起ぎるん (ugirun)
References
- Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 321