Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/anki

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

Pronunciation

• Accent class: 2.2a

Noun

*anki

1. jaw

Descendants

• Old Japanese: あぎ (agi₁)
  • Japanese: あぎ (agi, Western dialects)
    • ⇒? Japanese: 顎 (ago)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *agi (“upper jaw; gills”)
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 鰓 (ajī /⁠ʔàdʑíː⁠/)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 鰓 (agi)
    • Okinawan: 鰓 (aji /⁠ʔádʑì⁠/)
    • Yoron: 鰓, 口蓋 (agi /⁠àgì⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 口蓋 (agzï)
    • Yaeyama: 口蓋 (ai /⁠ʔáì⁠/)
    • Yonaguni: 鰓 (adi), 鰓骨 (adibuni /⁠àdíbúní⁠/)