Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ank-a-

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Proto-Japonic

Verb

*ank-a- (infinitive *ankai)

1. rise

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 上ぐ (agu)
  • Japanese: 上げる (ageru)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *age
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 上ぎゆい (agiyui)
    • Kunigami: 上ぎーるん (agīrun /⁠ʔàgíːɾûŋ⁠/)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 上ぐぃるり (agïruri)
    • Okinawan: 上ぎゆん (agiyun /⁠ʔágíjùŋ⁠/)
    • Okinoerabu: 上ぎゆん (agiyun /⁠ʔàgíjúŋ⁠/)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 上ぐぃりゅむっ (agïryum)
    • Tokunoshima: 上ぐぃるい (agïrui /⁠ʔàgɨ́ɾúɪ́⁠/)
    • Yoron: 上ぎゅん (agyun /⁠àgjùŋ⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 上ぎイ゚ (agiɿ)
    • Yaeyama: 上ぎん (agin /⁠ʔágîŋ⁠/), 上ぎるん (agirun /⁠ʔágíɾùŋ⁠/)
    • Yonaguni: 上き゚るん (a'ngirun /⁠àŋíɾúŋ⁠/)