Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/waka

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

Adjective

*waka

1. young

Antonyms

• *puru

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 若 (waka)
  • Japanese: 若 (waka), 若い (wakai)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *waka
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 若さい (wāsai)
    • Kunigami: 若しぇん (wahāshen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 若さり (wahasari)
    • Okinawan: 若さん (wakasan)
    • Okinoerabu: 若さん (wāsan, wakasan)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 若さむっ (wahāsam)
    • Tokunoshima: 若い (wāi)
    • Yoron: 若さん (wāsan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 若 (baka)
    • Yaeyama: 若さん (bagasan)
    • Yonaguni: 若ん (bagan)