Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ap-

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

Verb

*ap- (infinitive *api)

1. to meet

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 合ふ, 会ふ, 逢ふ, 遭ふ (apu)
  • Japanese: 合う, 会う, 逢う, 遭う (au)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *ai
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 合ーゆい, 会ーゆい, 逢ーゆい, 遭ーゆい (āyui)
    • Kunigami: 合ーるん, 会ーるん, 逢ーるん, 遭ーるん (ārun, ōrun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 合うり, 会うり, 逢うり, 遭うり (ōuri)
    • Okinawan: 合ーゆん, 会ーゆん, 逢ーゆん, 遭ーゆん (āyun, ōyun)
    • Okinoerabu: 合ーゆん, 会ーゆん, 逢ーゆん, 遭ーゆん (ōyun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 合ーゆむっ, 会ーゆむっ, 逢ーゆむっ, 遭ーゆむっ (ōyum)
    • Okinoerabu: 合ーゆい, 会ーゆい, 逢ーゆい, 遭ーゆい (ōyui)
    • Yoron: 合ん, 会ん, 逢ん, 遭ん (en)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 合, 会, 逢, 遭 (ō)
    • Yaeyama: 合ん, 会ん, 逢ん, 遭ん (aun, ōn)