Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ariku

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

Etymology

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Thorpe suggests that this is possibly a compound of *ari (“to exist”) + *iku (“to go”), but this is problematic on both semantic and phonological grounds.

Verb

*ariku

1. to walk

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 歩く (ariku, aruku)
  • Japanese: 歩く (aruku)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *ariki
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 歩きゅい (akkyui)
    • Kunigami: 歩ちゅん (acchun)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 歩くり (akkuri)
    • Okinawan: 歩ちゅん (acchun)
    • Okinoerabu: 歩きゅん (akkyun)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 歩きゅむっ (akkyum, arkyum)
    • Tokunoshima: 歩きゅい (akkyui)
    • Yoron: 歩きゅん (aikyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 歩きぃ (azksï)
    • Yaeyama: 歩ぐん (aragun, arugun)
    • Yonaguni: 歩ぐん (aigun)