Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/awo

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

Related to *awoi (“indigo”).

Adjective

*awo

blue, green

Descendants

Old Japanese: 青 (awo)
- Japanese: 青 (ao), 青い (aoi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *ao
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 青 (ō), 青さい (ōsai)
  - Kunigami: 青 (ō), 青しぇん (ōshen)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 青 (ō), 青さり (ōsari)
  - Okinawan: 青 (ō), 青さん (ōsan)
  - Okinoerabu: 青 (ō), 青さん (ōsan)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 青 (ō), 青さむっ (ōsam)
  - Tokunoshima: 青い (aoi)
  - Yoron: 青 (ō), 青さん (ōsan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 青 (au, ō)
  - Yaeyama: 青 (au), 青さん (ausan)
  - Yonaguni: 青 (au)