Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ai

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Japonic *apu (“to meet”).

Verb

*ai

1. to meet

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 合ーゆい, 会ーゆい, 逢ーゆい, 遭ーゆい (āyui)
  • Kunigami: 合ーるん, 会ーるん, 逢ーるん, 遭ーるん (ārun, ōrun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 合うり, 会うり, 逢うり, 遭うり (ōuri)
  • Okinawan: 合ーゆん, 会ーゆん, 逢ーゆん, 遭ーゆん (āyun, ōyun)
  • Okinoerabu: 合ーゆん, 会ーゆん, 逢ーゆん, 遭ーゆん (ōyun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 合ーゆむっ, 会ーゆむっ, 逢ーゆむっ, 遭ーゆむっ (ōyum)
  • Okinoerabu: 合ーゆい, 会ーゆい, 逢ーゆい, 遭ーゆい (ōyui)
  • Yoron: 合ん, 会ん, 逢ん, 遭ん (en)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 合, 会, 逢, 遭 (ō)
  • Yaeyama: 合ん, 会ん, 逢ん, 遭ん (aun, ōn)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *awoi (“indigo”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*ai

1. indigo

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 藍 (ē)
  • Kunigami: 藍 (ē)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 藍 (yē)
  • Okinawan: 藍 (ē)
  • Okinoerabu: 藍 (ai)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 藍 (ē)
  • Tokunoshima: 藍 (ai)
  • Yoron: 藍 (ai)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 藍 (āz)
  • Yaeyama: 藍 (ai)
  • Yonaguni: 藍 (ai)