Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/əku

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Etymology 1

Verb

*əku (infinitive *əkəy)

1. to get up

   Antonym: *wu (“to sit”)

2. to rise

Derived terms

• *əkəsu (causative)
• *əkəru (intransitive)

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 起 (oku)
  • Japanese: 起きる (okiru)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *oke
  • 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)

Etymology 2

Verb

*əku (infinitive *əki)

1. to place something, to put something somewhere

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 置, 措, 擱 (oku)
  • Japanese: 置く, 措く, 擱く (oku)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *oki
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 置ちゅい, 措ちゅい, 擱ちゅい (uchui)
    • Kunigami: 置ちゅん, 措ちゅん, 擱ちゅん (fuchun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 置く゚り, 措く゚り, 擱く゚り (uxuri)
    • Okinawan: 置ちゅん, 措ちゅん, 擱ちゅん (uchun)
    • Okinoerabu: 置ちゅん, 措ちゅん, 擱ちゅん (uchun), 置ちゅちゅん, 措ちゅちゅん, 擱ちゅちゅん (uchuchun)
    • Tokunoshima: 置き, 措き, 擱き (uki)
    • Yoron: 置っきゅん, 措っきゅん, 擱っきゅん (ukkyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 置きぃ, 措きぃ, 擱きぃ (uksï)