Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/uki

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 *uku (“to float”).

Verb

*uki

  1. to float

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 浮ちゅい (uchui)
    • Kunigami: 浮ちゅん (fuchun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 浮く゚り (uxuri)
    • Okinawan: 浮ちゅん (uchun)
    • Yoron: 浮きゅん (ukyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • ⇒ Miyako: 浮かー上がㇲ゙ (ukāgaz), 浮か上がㇲ゙ (ukagaz) (< *uki-agari)
    • Yaeyama: 浮っけーるん (ukkērun)
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