Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ao

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

From Proto-Japonic *awo (“blue, green”).

Adjective

*ao

1. blue, green

Noun

*ao

1. blue, green

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 青 (ō), 青さい (ōsai)
  • Kunigami: 青 (ō), 青しぇん (ōshen)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 青 (ō), 青さり (ōsari)
  • Okinawan: 青 (ō), 青さん (ōsan)
  • Okinoerabu: 青 (ō), 青さん (ōsan)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 青 (ō), 青さむっ (ōsam)
  • Tokunoshima: 青い (aoi)
  • Yoron: 青 (ō), 青さん (ōsan)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 青 (au, ō)
  • Yaeyama: 青 (au), 青さん (ausan)
  • Yonaguni: 青 (au)