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

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 Ōshima: 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/)