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-

weak

Descendants

Old Japanese: 弱し (yo₁wa-)
- 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, “hungry”)
  - 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 (yāsan)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 弱 (yū)
  - Yaeyama: 弱さん (yōsan)
  - Yonaguni: 弱ん (duwan)