Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yowa

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

*yowa

1. weak

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 弱 (yo₁wa, in compounds), 弱し (yo₁wasi)
  • Japanese: 弱い (yowai)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *yowa
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 弱さい (yuwasai)
    • Kunigami: 弱せん (yōsen)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 弱さり (yowasari)
    • Okinawan: 弱さん (yōsan)
    • Okinoerabu: 弱さん (yūsan)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 弱さむっ (yuwāsam, yiwāsam)
    • Tokunoshima: 弱い (yuwai)
    • Yoron: 弱さん (yuwasan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 弱 (yū)
    • Yaeyama: 弱さん (yōsan)
    • Yonaguni: 弱ん (duwan)