Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/aka

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.

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Proto-Japonic

Noun

*aka

1. light
2. red

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 赤 (aka)
  • Japanese: 赤 (aka), 赤い (akai)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *aka
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 赤 (ā, axa), 赤さい (āsai)
    • Kunigami: 赤 (hā), 明しぇん (hāshen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 赤 (hā-), 赤さり (hāsari)
    • Okinawan: 赤 (akā), 赤さん (akasan)
    • Okinoerabu: 赤さん (āsan)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 赤ーさむっ (ahāsam)
    • Tokunoshima: 赤 (axa), 赤あい (ā'āi)
    • Yoron: 赤 (ā), 赤さん (āsan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 赤 (aka)
    • Yaeyama: 赤 (akā), 明さーん (akasān)
    • Yonaguni: 赤 (aga), 明ん (agan)