Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kəi

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

Noun

*kəi

1. tree

Descendants

• Southern Eastern Old Japanese: 木 (ke₂)
• Old Japanese: 木, 樹 (ki₂, ko₂)
  • Japanese: 木, 樹 (ki, ko)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *ke
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 木, 樹 (xïï, hī)
    • Kunigami: 木, 樹 (khī /⁠kʰǐː⁠/)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 木, 樹 (kï, xï, xïï)
    • Okinawan: 木, 樹 (kī /⁠⁠⁠kìː⁠⁠/)
    • Okinoerabu: 木, 樹 (hī /⁠çǐː⁠/)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 木, 樹 (xïï /⁠kʰɨ̀ˑ⁠/)
    • Tokunoshima: 木, 樹 (kï /⁠kɨ́⁠/)
    • Yoron: 木, 樹 (hī, shī /⁠çǐː, ɕǐː⁠/)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 木, 樹 (kī)
    • Yaeyama: 木, 樹 (kī /⁠kíː⁠/)
    • Yonaguni: 木, 樹 (kī /⁠⁠kìː⁠⁠/)