Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kai

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

*kai

hair, (zootomy) fur

Descendants

Old Japanese: 毛 (ke₂, ka)
- Japanese: 毛 (ke, ka)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *ke
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 毛 (xïï)
  - Kunigami: 毛 (khī /⁠kʰíː⁠/)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 毛 (kï, xï, xïï)
  - Okinawan: 毛 (kī /⁠kîː⁠/)
  - Okinoerabu: 毛 (hī /⁠çíː⁠/)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 毛 (xïï /⁠kʰɨ̂ˑ⁠/)
  - Tokunoshima: 毛 (kïï /⁠kɨ́ː⁠/)
  - Yoron: 毛 (shī /⁠ɕìː⁠/)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 毛 (kī)
  - Yaeyama: 毛 (kī /⁠kîː⁠/)
  - Yonaguni: 毛 (kī /⁠kíː⁠/)

References

Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 293