Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yowa-

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 *yowa- (“weak”).

Adjective

*yowa-

  1. weak

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 弱さい (yuwasai)
    • Kunigami: 弱せん (yōsen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 弱さり (yowasari, “hungry”)
    • Okinawan: 弱さん (yōsan)
    • Okinoerabu: 弱さん (yūsan)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 弱さむっ (yuwāsam, yiwāsam)
    • Tokunoshima: 弱い (yuwai)
    • Yoron: 弱さん (yāsan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 弱 (yū)
    • Yaeyama: 弱さん (yōsan)
    • Yonaguni: 弱ん (duwan)

See also

References

  • Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, pages 345-346
  • Samuel E. Martin (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 845
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